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Mister 880 is a 1950 American light-hearted romantic drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire and Edmund Gwenn. The movie is about an amateurish counterfeiter who counterfeits only one dollar bills, and manages to elude the Secret Service for ten years.
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.
Apr 10, 2010 · Mister 880 starred Burt Lancaster as the Secret Service agent in charge of the investigation and Edmund Gwenn, now best remembered as the Santa in Miracle on 34th St., as the counterfeiter.
Jun 30, 2020 · This drew international attention to the case and led to an Academy Award-winning film (“Mister 880”) in 1950. Through the optioning of his life rights, Juettner ended up making more money from the film than he had in his 10 years as a counterfeiter.
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Jan 11, 2023 · Emerich Juettner, an Austrian immigrant also known as Edward Mueller or Mister 880, was the first and so far only person convicted of counterfeiting $1. However, when the U.S. Secret Service got to know him, they asked for a more lenient sentence.
Mister 880: Directed by Edmund Goulding. With Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire, Edmund Gwenn, Millard Mitchell. Gentle romantic comedy about a Secret Service Agent trying to catch a cold case counterfeiter and a United Nations translator.
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The attacker, who received the code name "Mr. 880" by the number of his case, continued to make very bad money, but at the same time remained elusive for the most experienced agents. It is known that most counterfeiters get caught because of their greed.
