Mister 880 (1950)
- Starring:
- Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire, (more)
- Director(s):
- Edmund Goulding
Synopsis of Mister 880
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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Mister 880
- Burt Lancaster - Steve Buchanan
- Edmund Gwenn - Skipper Miller
- Minor Watson - Judge O'Neil
- Hugh Sanders - Thad Mitchell
- Howland Chamberlain - Duff
- Kathleen Hughes - Secretary
- Norman Field - Bailiff
- Robert B. Williams - Sergeant
- Frank Wilcox - Mr. Beddington
- Arthur Dulac - Man
- Melvin Williams - U.S. Attorney
- Joe McTurk - Gus
- John Hiestand - Narrator
- George Lee - Chinese Interpreter
- Curt Furberg - German
- Jack Daly - Court Clerk
- Peter Roman - Boy
- Victor Desny - Russian Interpreter
- Joan Valerie - Cashier
- Billy Nelson - Taxi Driver
- Dorothy McGuire - Ann Winslow
- Millard Mitchell - Mac
- Howard St. John - Chief
- James Millican - Olie Johnson
- Larry Keating - Lee
- Geraldine Wall - Miss Gallagher
- Helen Hatch - Maggie
- Edwin Max - Mousie
- George Adrian - Carlos
- Michael Lally - George
- Herb Vigran - Barker
- Rico Alaniz - Spanish Interpreter
- Minerva Urecal - Rosie
- Bill McKenzie - Jimmy
- Billy Gray - Mickey
- Dick Ryan - US Marshal
- William O'Leary - Junk Man
- Sherry Hall - Clerk in Cigar Store
- Ronnie Ralph - High School Boy
- Polly Bailey - Woman
- Director(s):
- Edmund Goulding
- Writer(s):
- Robert Riskin
- Producer(s):
- Julian Blaustein
- 1950 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
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