A Touch of Larceny

1960 PG-13 1h 33m

6.0 / 10 17

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After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.

Director Guy Hamilton

Writers

Ivan Foxwell Guy Hamilton Paul Winterton

Stars

James Mason George Sanders Vera Miles

1st Special Branch man Gregson

Club Member (as Henry Longhurst)

Jason Parrish (as Macdonald Parke)

Local Doctor (uncredited)

Basil Dignam

Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O. (uncredited)

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Mabel Etherington

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Gordon Harris

2nd Special Branch Man Jones (uncredited)

Barbara Hicks

Miss Price (uncredited)

John Horsley

1st Editor (uncredited)

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Frederick Kelsey

Club Member (uncredited)

John Le Mesurier

Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

2nd Editor (uncredited)

Richard Marner

Russian Officer Cornered by Max Easton (uncredited)

William Mervyn

Capt. Balfour (uncredited)

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Andre Mikhelson

2nd Russian Officer (uncredited)

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John More

American General at Embassy Party (uncredited)

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Dickie Owen

2nd Policeman (uncredited)

Frederick Piper

Hall Porter (uncredited)

Pat Ryan

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Stanley Zevic

1st Russian Officer (uncredited)

Comedy Crime

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Geronimo1967 20 Apr 2023

7/10

James Mason is the caddish Royal Naval officer "Easton" killing time in his unchallenging job from day to day until he meets "Virginia" (Vera Miles) and suddenly he has to up his game - and his income. The former is easy enough, but the latter is a problem until he devises a cunning wheeze to appear to defect to the Soviets only to return, all innocent, and to sue the defaming newspapers. One addi...