A Touch of Larceny
A Touch of Larceny
Release: 1960-02-04
·Runtime: 93m
·★ 5.9
Comedy
Crime
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Ivan Foxwell Productions
Cast
James Mason
as Cmdr. Max Easton
George Sanders
as Sir Charles Holland
Vera Miles
as Virginia Killain
Robert Flemyng
as Cmdr. John Larkin
Oliver Johnston
as Minister
Duncan Lamont
as 1st Special Branch man Gregson
Harry Andrews
as Capt. Graham
Peter Barkworth
as Sub Lt. Brown
Rachel Gurney
as Clara Holland
Martin Stephens
as John Holland
Charles Carson
as Robert Holland
Junia Crawford
as Susan
Roger Maxwell
as Club Member
Donald Bisset
as Club Member
Desmond Roberts
as Club Member
MacDonald Parke
as Jason Parrish (as Macdonald Parke)
Mavis Villiers
as Adele Parrish
Ernest Clark
as Cmdr. Bates
Basil Dignam
as Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O. (uncredited)
Gordon Harris
as 2nd Special Branch Man Jones (uncredited)
Barbara Hicks
as Miss Price (uncredited)
John Horsley
as 1st Editor (uncredited)
John Le Mesurier
as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
as 2nd Editor (uncredited)
Richard Marner
as Russian Officer Cornered by Max Easton (uncredited)
William Mervyn
as Capt. Balfour (uncredited)
Frederick Piper
as Hall Porter (uncredited)
