A Touch of Larceny (1960)
1h 33m
Running Time
February 4, 1960Release Date
A Touch of Larceny (1960)
1h 33m
Running Time
February 4, 1960Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.


Currently A Touch of Larceny is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Amazon Video
Streaming in:π¬π§ United Kingdom
Cast & Crew.

James Mason
Cmdr. Max Easton

George Sanders
Sir Charles Holland

Vera Miles
Virginia Killain

Robert Flemyng
Cmdr. John Larkin

Oliver Johnston
Minister

William Kendall
Tom

Duncan Lamont
1st Special Branch man Gregson

Harry Andrews
Capt. Graham

Peter Barkworth
Sub Lt. Brown

Rachel Gurney
Clara Holland

Martin Stephens
John Holland

Waveney Lee
Marcia Holland

Charles Carson
Robert Holland

Junia Crawford
Susan

Henry B. Longhurst
Club Member (as Henry Longhurst)

Roger Maxwell
Club Member

Gerald Case
Club Member

Donald Bisset
Club Member

Desmond Roberts
Club Member

Reginald Smith
Club Steward

Rosemary Dorken
WREN Officer

MacDonald Parke
Jason Parrish (as Macdonald Parke)

Mavis Villiers
Adele Parrish

Ernest Clark
Cmdr. Bates

Alexander Archdale
Local Doctor (uncredited)

Basil Dignam
Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O. (uncredited)

Mabel Etherington
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Gordon Harris
2nd Special Branch Man Jones (uncredited)

Barbara Hicks
Miss Price (uncredited)

John Horsley
1st Editor (uncredited)

Frederick Kelsey
Club Member (uncredited)

John Le Mesurier
Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)

Ronald Leigh-Hunt
2nd Editor (uncredited)

Richard Marner
Russian Officer Cornered by Max Easton (uncredited)

William Mervyn
Capt. Balfour (uncredited)

Andre Mikhelson
2nd Russian Officer (uncredited)

John More
American General at Embassy Party (uncredited)

Dickie Owen
2nd Policeman (uncredited)

Frederick Piper
Hall Porter (uncredited)

Pat Ryan
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Media.

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