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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Burt Lancaster | ... | Steve Buchanan | |
| Dorothy McGuire | ... | Ann Winslow | |
| Edmund Gwenn | ... | William 'Skipper' Miller | |
| Millard Mitchell | ... | 'Mac' McIntire | |
| Minor Watson | ... | Judge O'Neil | |
| Howard St. John | ... | Chief | |
| Hugh Sanders | ... | Thad Mitchell | |
| James Millican | ... | Olie Johnson | |
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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. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
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secret service | counterfeiter | translator | united nations | new york city |Taglines:
It's the picture everybody is cheering !Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
29 September 1950 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Old 880 See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II
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Based on the true story of Emerich Juettner, an elderly junk dealer who, like the character in the movie, only used to print counterfeit $1 bills to make ends meet. For 10 years, Juettner eluded the Secret Service's efforts to find him. He was finally caught in January, 1948, after a fire forced him to vacate his apartment on New York's Upper West Side, and move in with his daughter in Queens. The firemen who put out the fire left some of Juettner's belongings in a nearby alley. A few weeks later, a group of local boys found some of his $1 bills in the alley, realized they were fakes (the name "Washington" was misspelled as "Wahsington" on the bills), and turned them over to police. Juettner was arrested, but only sentenced to nine months in jail and a $1 fine. When 20th Century Fox bought the movie rights to his story, Juettner received more money than he had ever made as a counterfeiter. See more »Crazy Credits
Opening credits appear on dollar bills. See more »Soundtracks
A Kiss To Build A Dream OnWritten by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II
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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!"