Mister 880 (1950)
- Directed by
- Edmund Goulding
- Genre
- comedy film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 36 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Secret Service agent investigates a long-running counterfeiter who only makes small bills to get by. The criminal turns out to be a kind elderly man that no one suspects.
lightheartedwhimsicalgentlequirkyfeel-goodsentimentalplayful
What happens
Mister 880 is a 1950 American romantic drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire and Edmund Gwenn. The film is based on the true story of Emerich Juettner, an elderly man who counterfeited just enough money to survive and skillfully eluded authorities for ten years. Juettner's story was first told in an article by St. Clair McKelway published in The New Yorker and later collected in McKelway's book True Tales from the Annals of Crime & Rascality. Juettner, who was caught and arrested in 1948, serving four months in prison, earned more money from the release of Mister 880 than he had produced in his entire counterfeiting career. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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