A Touch of Larceny
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| Directed by | Guy Hamilton |
| Produced by | Ivan Foxwell |
| Written by | Paul Winterton (novel) Ivan Foxwell (screenplay) |
| Starring | James Mason George Sanders Vera Miles |
| Music by | Philip Green |
| Cinematography | John Wilcox |
| Editing by | Alan Osbiston |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | United Kingdom: December 1959 United States: March 16, 1960 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English, Russian |
A Touch of Larceny is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Guy Hamilton and starring James Mason, George Sanders, Vera Miles, Harry Andrews, Rachel Gurney, and John Le Mesurier. It is based on a diverting and mildly cynical novel, The Megstone Plot (1956), by Paul Winterton under the pseudonym Andrew Garve. The film was nominated for the BAFTA award for Best British Screenplay but it lost to The Angry Silence.
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- James Mason - Commander Max Easton
- George Sanders - Sir Charles Holland
- Vera Miles - Virginia Killain
- Oliver Johnston - Minister
- Robert Flemyng - Commander John Larkin
- William Kendall - Tom
- Duncan Lamont - Gregson
- Harry Andrews - Captain Graham
- Peter Barkworth - Sub Leuitenaint 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
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