A Touch of Larceny

A Touch of Larceny

93 mins | Comedy | Feb. 4, 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.

A Touch of Larceny

93 mins | Comedy | Feb. 4, 1960

A Touch of Larceny
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Paramount, Ivan Foxwell Productions
Original title A Touch of Larceny
Directors Charles Blair, Guy Hamilton
Writers Paul Winterton, Ivan Foxwell, Roger MacDougall, Guy Hamilton

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

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)