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.
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