Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Catherine Yronwode Okay, i'll admit i watched this on Youtube because it was free, and the first thing that LEAPED out at me was Skipper the dog -- i took one look at this animal and said to my husband, "I will bet you five dollars that Frank Inn trained that dog." By that time the dog was showing major dog-acting talent and he said, "I won't take that bet." The dog looks just like a larger version of Higgins, the dog that played Benji, also trained by Frank Inn, but it was not just the look, it was the way the dog was cued by the actors that shouted "I am a Frank Inn dog."And then we saw Herb Vigran -- a guy who has been in practically every movie and TV show for which Frank Inn trainedbanimals, from Petticoat Junction to Hawmps! Major AHA moment there. So we stopped the film and looked it up. Bingo. Frank Inn trained Skipper. Case solved!Meanwhile., back at the movie, Secret Service agent Burt Lancaster is snooping around and falling in love with the delightful United Nations translator Dorothy McGuire. What a delightful couple they are -- and she is so witty and smart -- a great role for this under-appreciated actress. Will Lancaster let his monomaniacal desire to catch Mister 880, the counterfeiter, ruin his chances at love? Will McGuire solve the crime before he does? This is a cute and touching story, with Edmund Gwenn in the title role, displaying both his native proper English, and a flawless German accent as well.

obrienpat It appears that TCM chopped the ending out of its showing of the Burt Lancaster movie, Mister 880 tonight, Nov. 20th. There must have been some programming problem, but it was startling. Lancaster was excellent and Edmund Gwenn was perfect in the part of the old man passing counterfeit money. Right now, we are frustrated. When you sign on to a TCM showing, you assume the network cares enough about its own choices to give you the entire story. Evidently not. At least not tonight. They chopped it and sailed on. Why? This is the first time that has happened when we've been watching. Will someone please tell us how the movie ended?

JoeytheBrit Despite the toothsome grin and shock of wavy hair, the youthful Burt Lancaster is badly miscast in this gentle comedy which provides no real laughs as such, but does possess a light-hearted tone and a terrific performance from Edmund Gwenn.Gwenn plays Skipper Miller, a kindly old man beloved by all his neighbours who, whenever money gets tight, prints off a few (misspelled) one dollar bills on an old hand press to make ends meet. He's been doing it for over a decade, but the treasury department has always been too busy chasing organised counterfeit rings to go after small fish like Mister 880. That is, until they draft in hot-shot agent Steve Buchanan (Lancaster) in the vague hope that he might be able to track the elusive counterfeiter down. It's difficult to see why Lancaster would have chosen to play such a role as he does here. He doesn't really have that much to do other than woo a young female friend of Skipper's (Dorothy Maguire) who was briefly in possession of one of the old man's dud notes. Lancaster had the type of frame and character that demanded roles with some action and vitality, but here he's bound within the confines of a collar and tie and he rarely looks comfortable.With Hollywood still under the thumb of the Hays Code, there's never any doubt that the whimsical Skipper will one day have to face the music, and it's a surprise that the film's finale follows pretty closely the punishment meted out to the real counterfeiter upon whose story this film is based. It seems it's OK if a sweet old guy only steals from you one dollar at a time.The film is OK, but it's nothing memorable, and it will fade pretty quickly from your memory.

tomreynolds2004 I loved this movie in the theaters when I was 7, and still loved it on reruns in the 1960's. Having run into it recently, I am sad to report that it is much more syrupy than I remembered with enough holes in the plot to build a new golf course. That being said, if you are looking to relax and be entertained by a disarmingly wry performance by Edmund Gwenn being hunted, albeit a bit too mercifully, by Fed Burt Lancaster (quite handsome in his prime), you will enjoy this. The technical information about the counterfeiting is interesting purely as historical artifacts. The performances of the supporting cast are uniformly excellent. Overall, certainly not a classic, but still hits the mark adequately as heartwarming entertainment.