Gentle romantic comedy about a Secret Service Agent trying to catch a cold case counterfeiter and a United Nations translator.Gentle romantic comedy about a Secret Service Agent trying to catch a cold case counterfeiter and a United Nations translator.Gentle romantic comedy about a Secret Service Agent trying to catch a cold case counterfeiter and a United Nations translator.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total
George Adrian
- Carlos
- (uncredited)
Rico Alaniz
- Carlos - Spanish Interpreter
- (uncredited)
Polly Bailey
- Woman
- (uncredited)
Gilbert Barnett
- Boy
- (uncredited)
Edward Biby
- Man in Hallway
- (uncredited)
Robert Boon
- Dutchman
- (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
- Man
- (uncredited)
Howland Chamberlain
- Duff
- (uncredited)
Perdita Chandler
- Cashier
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaBased on the true story of Emerich Juettner, an elderly junk dealer who, like the character in the movie, only used to print counterfeit $1 bills to make ends meet. For 10 years, Juettner eluded the Secret Service's efforts to find him. He was finally caught in January, 1948, after a fire forced him to vacate his apartment on New York's Upper West Side, and move in with his daughter in Queens. The firemen who put out the fire left some of Juettner's belongings in a nearby alley. A few weeks later, a group of local boys found some of his $1 bills in the alley, realized they were fakes (the name "Washington" was misspelled as "Wahsington" on the bills), and turned them over to police. Juettner was arrested, but only sentenced to nine months in jail and a $1 fine. When 20th Century Fox bought the movie rights to his story, Juettner received more money than he had ever made as a counterfeiter.
- GoofsAnn is an interpreter of French at the UN. Yet when she speaks to a French waiter, she has a clunky American accent a mile wide. She would never be accepted as a French interpreter.
- Quotes
Ann Winslow: Someone once said that a task left undone creates a void that no amount of achievement can fill.
Steve Buchanan: Who's the imbecile who dreamed that one up?
Ann Winslow: I am.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits appear on dollar bills.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'the Day the Earth Stood Still' (2008)
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Edmund Gwenn as another darlin'man
When I first saw this in 1950 I just loved "the Skipper" and every time I watch it, as I did yesterday, I fall again. A very good actor who just melts your heart in his characterizations.
Burt Lancaster as the Agent trying to solve an old case that has bugged the Secret Service for a decade; and Dorothy McGuire as the U.N. interpreter caught up in the investigation are fine. When they are in the restaurant purring at each other, while saying serious things about the case, it is a wonderful scene. Fine direction and acting.
I watch it as the beginning of my holiday "classic" film month. Nothing to do with Christmas, Thanksgiving or New Years. But it does end with the music to Auld Lang Sang playing in the background and the spirit is that of a holiday movie. A treat and I give it 9/10.
Jane
Burt Lancaster as the Agent trying to solve an old case that has bugged the Secret Service for a decade; and Dorothy McGuire as the U.N. interpreter caught up in the investigation are fine. When they are in the restaurant purring at each other, while saying serious things about the case, it is a wonderful scene. Fine direction and acting.
I watch it as the beginning of my holiday "classic" film month. Nothing to do with Christmas, Thanksgiving or New Years. But it does end with the music to Auld Lang Sang playing in the background and the spirit is that of a holiday movie. A treat and I give it 9/10.
Jane
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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