A Touch of Larceny
5.8
93 minutes
2/4/1960
Overview
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.
Cast List
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
Charles Carson
as Robert Holland
Junia Crawford
as Susan
Henry B. Longhurst
as Club Member (as Henry Longhurst)
Roger Maxwell
as Club Member
Gerald Case
as Club Member
Donald Bisset
as Club Member
Desmond Roberts
as Club Member
Reginald Smith
as Club Steward
Rosemary Dorken
as WREN Officer
MacDonald Parke
as Jason Parrish (as Macdonald Parke)
Mavis Villiers
as Adele Parrish
Ernest Clark
as Cmdr. Bates
Alexander Archdale
as Local Doctor (uncredited)
Basil Dignam
as Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O. (uncredited)
Mabel Etherington
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Gordon Harris
as 2nd Special Branch Man Jones (uncredited)
Barbara Hicks
as Miss Price (uncredited)
John Horsley
as 1st Editor (uncredited)
Frederick Kelsey
as Club Member (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)
Andre Mikhelson
as 2nd Russian Officer (uncredited)
John More
as American General at Embassy Party (uncredited)
Dickie Owen
as 2nd Policeman (uncredited)
Frederick Piper
as Hall Porter (uncredited)
Pat Ryan
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Stanley Zevic
as 1st Russian Officer (uncredited)