Mister 880

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Mister 880 is a 1950 American comedy-drama film about an elderly, small-time counterfeiter whose charming personality confounds the authorities trying to catch him.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
awardNominee Edmund Gwenn ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination ⓘ
basedOn “Mister 880” (article) ⓘ
linked to: Mister 880
basedOnWorkAuthor St. Clair McKelway ⓘ
cinematographyBy Leo Tover ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
countryOfSetting United States ⓘ
director Edmund Goulding ⓘ
distributionFormat theatrical release ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
Twentieth Century-Fox ⓘ
linked to: 20th Century Fox
editedBy William H. Reynolds ⓘ
filmingProcess black-and-white ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
hasTheme aging ⓘ
crime and morality ⓘ
law enforcement vs. criminal ⓘ
hasTitle Mister 880 ⓘ
mainCharacter Ann Winslow ⓘ
Skipper Miller ⓘ
“Mister 880” (elderly counterfeiter) ⓘ
linked to: Mister 880
medium theatrical film ⓘ
motionPictureRating Approved (Production Code era) ⓘ
musicBy Leigh Harline ⓘ
narrativeFocus U.S. Secret Service investigation ⓘ
small-time counterfeiting ⓘ
notableFor blend of comedy and drama in a crime story ⓘ
portrayal of a charming elderly counterfeiter ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf 1950s American cinema ⓘ
portrays counterfeiting of U.S. currency ⓘ
producer Fred Kohlmar ⓘ
linked to: Fred C. Kohlmar
productionCompany Twentieth Century-Fox ⓘ
linked to: 20th Century Fox
releaseDate 1950-10-16 ⓘ
releaseYear 1950 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 89 ⓘ
screenwriter Robert Riskin ⓘ
St. Clair McKelway ⓘ
setInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
starring Burt Lancaster ⓘ
Dorothy McGuire ⓘ
Edmund Gwenn ⓘ
Howard St. John ⓘ
Millard Mitchell ⓘ

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Edmund Goulding → directed → Mister 880 ⓘ
Mister 880 → basedOn → “Mister 880” (article) ⓘ
linked to: Mister 880
Mister 880 → mainCharacter → “Mister 880” (elderly counterfeiter) ⓘ
linked to: Mister 880
Mister 880 → hasTitle → Mister 880 ⓘ