Mister 880

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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