A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
February 4, 1960
Original Title:
A Touch of Larceny
Genres:
Comedy | Crime
Production Companies:
Ivan Foxwell Productions
Paramount Pictures
Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 93
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.
Art Direction:
Elliot Scott
Casting:
Irene Howard
Director:
Guy Hamilton
Director of Photography:
John Wilcox
Draughtsman:
Reg Bream
Editor:
Alan Osbiston
Novel:
Paul Winterton
Original Music Composer:
Philip Green
Producer:
Ivan Foxwell
Production Secretary:
Noreen Hipwell
Screenplay:
Roger MacDougall
Second Assistant Director:
Charles Blair
Writer:
Ivan Foxwell
Guy Hamilton
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