Mister 880 (1950)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Edmund Goulding

Writers:

St. Clair McKelway (articles) and
Robert Riskin (writer)

Release Date:

29 September 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr...

Plot Keywords:

Counterfeiter | Based On Article | Number In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins

Cast

Burt Lancaster	...	Steve Buchanan
Dorothy McGuire	...	Ann Winslow
Edmund Gwenn	...	'Skipper' Miller
Millard Mitchell	...	'Mac' McIntire
Minor Watson	...	Judge O'Neil
Howard St. John	...	Chief
Hugh Sanders	...	Thad (Pat) Mitchell
James Millican	...	Olie Johnson

Also Known As:

Old 880 (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Walter Huston was originally to have played Skipper Miller, but he died just as production began.

Soundtrack:

Auld Lang Syne

Nominated...but not a winner!

The whisky-voiced Brit, Edmund Gwenn, didn't get the Oscar for this one....but he did receive the well-deserved trophy for his portrayal of Kris Kringle in "The Miracle on 34th Street". Sorry to nitpick..he was great in both, and Mr. Gwenn, from all I've read, when queried on his deathbed about how hard it must be to die, was the REAL originator of the oft-repeated showbiz line..."Dying is easy...comedy is hard!"