Movie

Mister 880
1950 · 90 min
A gentle, old-fashioned charmer that blends light comedy with a soft-hearted moral dilemma, easy to watch and quietly affecting.
- Directed by
- Edmund Goulding
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Romance
- Starring
- Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire, Edmund Gwenn
- Tagline
- It's the picture everybody is cheering !
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Warm, light, earnest and romantic. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Crime, justice, love, loyalty
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Edmund Goulding
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Romance
- Starring
- Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire, Edmund Gwenn









