A Touch of Larceny (1960) - Video Detective

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Overview
Cast & Crew

A Touch of Larceny is a 1959 British black-and-white comedy film, produced by Ivan Foxwell, directed by Guy Hamilton, that stars James Mason, George Sanders, and Vera Miles, and co-stars Harry Andrews, Rachel Gurney, and John Le Mesurier. It is based on the 1956 novel The Megstone Plot by Paul Winterton, written under the pseudonym Andrew Garve. The film was nominated for the BAFTA award for Best British Screenplay but it lost out to The Angry Silence.

Original Release

02/04/1960

US Release

03/16/1960

Cast

James Mason	Cmdr. Max Easton
George Sanders	Sir Charles Holland
Vera Miles	Virginia Killain
Robert Flemyng	Cmdr. John Larkin
Oliver Johnston	Minister
Alexander Archdale	Local Doctor
Basil Dignam	Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O.
Gordon Harris	2nd Special Branch Man Jones
Percy Herbert	Bert, Second Policeman
John Horsley	1st Editor

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Guy Hamilton

Writers

Roger MacDougall, Ivan Foxwell, Guy Hamilton, Paul Winterton

Cast

James Mason	Cmdr. Max Easton
George Sanders	Sir Charles Holland
Vera Miles	Virginia Killain
Robert Flemyng	Cmdr. John Larkin
Oliver Johnston	Minister
Alexander Archdale	Local Doctor
Basil Dignam	Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O.
Gordon Harris	2nd Special Branch Man Jones
Percy Herbert	Bert, Second Policeman
John Horsley	1st Editor
John Le Mesurier	Head of the Admiralty
Ronald Leigh-Hunt	2nd Editor
Jimmy Lloyd	Nightclub Singer
Richard Marner	Russian Officer Cornered by Max Easton
William Mervyn	Capt. Balfour
Andre Mikhelson	2nd Russian Officer
Dickie Owen	Second Policeman
Frederick Piper	Hall Porter
Pat Ryan	Nightclub Patron
Stanley Zevic	1st Russian Officer