Directed by:
Edmund GouldingScreenplay:
Robert RiskinCinematography:
Joseph LaShelleComposer:
Sol KaplanCast:
Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire, Edmund Gwenn, Hugh Sanders, Edwin Max, Howard St. John, Millard Mitchell, Larry Keating, Frank Wilcox, Minor Watson (more)Plots(1)
Based on a true story, Mister 880 is the whimsical tale of an elderly gentleman (Edmund Gwenn) who dabbles in counterfeiting. He makes only enough "funny money" to support himself, but the fact that his work is so amateurish (he can't even spell "Washington") arouses the indignation of the treasury department. Burt Lancaster, the hard-nosed treasury agent put on the case, is determined to prosecute the miscreant to the full extent of the law. In tracking down a lead, Lancaster falls in love with Dorothy McGuire, a recipient of one of the phony bills. Lancaster discovers that MCGUIRE lives in the same building as Gwenn, and after piecing together the clues arrests the old fellow. Softened by Gwenn's naivete, Lancaster and Ms. MCGUIRE arrange for a compassionate lawyer to lessen what would otherwise be a stiff prison sentence. Mister 880 was to have starred Walter Huston as the ingenuous counterfeiter, but Huston died just before filming started. (official distributor synopsis)
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