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Edmund Gwenn, who played the title role, won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance. In real life, Juettner was caught and arrested in 1948, and served four months in prison. [ 3 ]
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Based 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.
- (2K)
- Comedy, Crime, Romance
- Edmund Goulding
- 1950-10-30
Edmund Gwenn, who played the title role, won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance. In real life, Juettner was caught and arrested in 1948, and served four months in prison.
Lancaster was borrowed by 20th Century Fox for Mister 880 in 1950, a comedy with Edmund Gwenn. MGM put him in a popular Western, Vengeance Valley in 1951, [ 17 ] then he went to Warners to play the title role in the biopic Jim Thorpe – All-American, also in 1951.
Emerich Juettner (January 1876 – January 4, 1955), also known as Edward Mueller or Mister 880, was an Austrian-American immigrant known for counterfeiting United States $1 bills and eluding the United States Secret Service for a decade, from 1938 to 1948. [1]
Jul 21, 2021 · Screenwriter Robert Riskin (Frank Capra’s Lady for a Day and Mr. Deeds goes to Town) took what’s essentially a crime story and turned it into a fable about social injustice in America — despite its lack of subtlety, Mister 880 is an affecting slice of life with a touch of whimsy.
