Mister 880
It's the picture everybody is cheering !
NR 1950 · 90 min · ★ 7.2 · Comedy, Crime, Romance
The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 years.
Directed by Edmund Goulding · Written by Robert Riskin
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Burt Lancaster Steve Buchanan -
Dorothy McGuire Ann Winslow -
Edmund Gwenn William "Skipper" Miller -
Millard Mitchell "Mac" McIntire -
Minor Watson Judge O'Neil -
Howard St. John Chief -
Hugh Sanders Thad Mitchell -
James Millican Olie Johnson - G George Adrian Carlos (uncredited)
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Rico Alaniz Carlos (Spanish Interpreter) (uncredited) - P Polly Bailey Woman (uncredited)
- J Jean Bane Cashier (uncredited)
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