A Touch of Larceny
About Money and Women and How To Get 'Em...With a Very Special Touch!
1960 | 93m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Guy Hamilton |
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| Writer: | Guy Hamilton, Paul Winterton, Roger MacDougall, Ivan Foxwell |
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| After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 04, 1960 |
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| Director: | Guy Hamilton |
| Writer: | Guy Hamilton, Paul Winterton, Roger MacDougall, Ivan Foxwell |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime |
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| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Ivan Foxwell Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| James Mason | Cmdr. Max Easton |
| George Sanders | Sir Charles Holland |
| Vera Miles | Virginia Killain |
| Robert Flemyng | Cmdr. John Larkin |
| Oliver Johnston | Minister |
| William Kendall | Tom |
| Duncan Lamont | 1st Special Branch man Gregson |
| Harry Andrews | Capt. Graham |
| Peter Barkworth | Sub Lt. Brown |
| Rachel Gurney | Clara Holland |
| Martin Stephens | John Holland |
| Waveney Lee | Marcia Holland |
| Charles Carson | Robert Holland |
| Junia Crawford | Susan |
| Henry B. Longhurst | Club Member (as Henry Longhurst) |
| Roger Maxwell | Club Member |
| Gerald Case | Club Member |
| Donald Bisset | Club Member |
| Desmond Roberts | Club Member |
| Reginald Smith | Club Steward |
| Rosemary Dorken | WREN Officer |
| MacDonald Parke | Jason Parrish (as Macdonald Parke) |
| Mavis Villiers | Adele Parrish |
| Ernest Clark | Cmdr. Bates |
| Alexander Archdale | Local Doctor (uncredited) |
| Basil Dignam | Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O. (uncredited) |
| Mabel Etherington | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Gordon Harris | 2nd Special Branch Man Jones (uncredited) |
| Barbara Hicks | Miss Price (uncredited) |
| John Horsley | 1st Editor (uncredited) |
| Frederick Kelsey | Club Member (uncredited) |
| John Le Mesurier | Head of the Admiralty (uncredited) |
| Ronald Leigh-Hunt | 2nd Editor (uncredited) |
| Richard Marner | Russian Officer Cornered by Max Easton (uncredited) |
| William Mervyn | Capt. Balfour (uncredited) |
| Andre Mikhelson | 2nd Russian Officer (uncredited) |
| John More | American General at Embassy Party (uncredited) |
| Dickie Owen | 2nd Policeman (uncredited) |
| Frederick Piper | Hall Porter (uncredited) |
| Pat Ryan | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Stanley Zevic | 1st Russian Officer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Guy Hamilton | Writer, Director |
| Irene Howard | Casting |
| Paul Winterton | Novel |
| Roger MacDougall | Screenplay |
| Ivan Foxwell | Writer |
| Philip Green | Original Music Composer |
| John Wilcox | Director of Photography |
| Alan Osbiston | Editor |
| Reg Bream | Draughtsman |
| Charles Blair | Second Assistant Director |
| Elliot Scott | Art Direction |
| Noreen Hipwell | Production Secretary |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ivan Foxwell | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Trending Position
James Mason is the caddish Royal Naval officer "Easton" killing time in his unchallenging job from day to day until he meets "Virginia" (Vera Miles) and suddenly he has to up his game - and his income. The former is easy enough, but the latter is a problem until he devises a cunning wheeze to appear ... to defect to the Soviets only to return, all innocent, and to sue the defaming newspapers. One additional fly in his ointment - the girl is already engaged to "Sir Charles Holland" (George Sanders). "Easton" goes to great and public lengths to implement his plan, but on his return he realises that there is far more going on than he anticipated - and we are unsure whom is the cat and whom is the mouse... Mason is great in this, he has the role of the amiable rogue down to a T, but Miles is less engaging and Sanders features a bit too sparingly to allow his character to get up much of an head of steam. It is amusing at times, though, and Guy Hamilton and a strong script keep the pace building nicely to an ending that is not without quirk or two.