The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 years.
Burt Lancaster
as Steve Buchanan
Dorothy McGuire
as Ann Winslow
Edmund Gwenn
as William "Skipper" Miller
Millard Mitchell
as "Mac" McIntire
Minor Watson
as Judge O'Neil
Howard St. John
as Chief
Hugh Sanders
as Thad Mitchell
James Millican
as Olie Johnson
George Adrian
as Carlos (uncredited)
Rico Alaniz
as Carlos (Spanish Interpreter) (uncredited)
Polly Bailey
as Woman (uncredited)
Jean Bane
as Cashier (uncredited)