A Touch of Larceny (1960)
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.
- Released
- 1960-02-04
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Guy Hamilton, Roger MacDougall
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 17 votes
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
- William Kendall as Tom
- 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
- Waveney Lee as Marcia Holland
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