This enchanting comedy stars Edmund Gwenn as the cheery Skipper Miller, an aging counterfeiter who prints dollar bills to support himself. Although he breaks the law, he is such a harmless, whimsical criminal that he defies censure, counterfeiting bills because he needs money to live and
out of love for his old-fashioned printing press, which he calls "Cousin Henry." Miller proves an embarrassment to the federal agents who have been after him for 10 years, but a new man on the case, Steve Buchanan (Burt Lancaster), comes closer than any other agent to nabbing Miller. He traces one
of the bills to an apartment where he meets a pretty United Nations translator (Dorot...
Released:
1950
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins