A Touch of Larceny (1959)
- Directed by
- Guy Hamilton
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 17 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 British naval commander schemes to fake his own defection to the Soviet Union as a way to win back his ex fiancee and clear his debts. His plan spirals into complications with a newspaper reporter and government officials.
lightheartedwittyplayfulbreezyamusingcleverunderstated
What happens
A Touch of Larceny is a 1959 black-and-white comedy film produced by Ivan Foxwell, directed by Guy Hamilton, and starring James Mason, George Sanders and Vera Miles. The film co-stars Harry Andrews, Rachel Gurney and John Le Mesurier, and is based on the 1956 novel The Megstone Plot by Paul Winterton, written under the pseudonym Andrew Garve. A Touch of Larceny was nominated for the BAFTA award for Best British Screenplay, but lost to The Angry Silence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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