Dangerous Money
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Directed by | Terry O. Morse |
Produced by | James S. Burkett |
Written by |
Earl Derr Biggers (characters) Miriam Kissinger |
Starring | Sidney Toler |
Music by | Edward J. Kay |
Cinematography | William A. Sickner |
Editing by | William Austin |
Studio | Monogram Pictures |
Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release dates | October 12, 1946 |
Running time | 66 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Dangerous Money is a 1946 American film directed by Terry O. Morse, featuring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. The is the second and last appearance of Willie Best as Chattanooga Brown, the cousin of Charlie Chan's usual chauffeur, Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland).
Plot
Aboard an ocean liner in the South Pacific, a US Treasury agent confidentially asks Charlie Chan for help. There have been two attempts on his life. Chan rescues him from a third, but the fourth (a knife in the back) claims the man's life. The captain asks Chan to complete the dead man's mission and find out who is responsible for the recent surfacing of counterfeit dollars and stolen art. Chan declines, citing urgent business in Australia, but sets out to find the murderer.
Cast
- Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
- Gloria Warren as Rona Simmonds
- Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan
- Rick Vallin as Tao Erickson
- Joseph Crehan as Captain Black
- Willie Best as Chattanooga Brown
- John Harmon as Freddie Kirk
- Bruce Edwards as Harold Mayfair
- Dick Elliott as P.T. Burke
- Joseph Allen as George Brace, the Purser
- Amira Moustafa as Laura Erickson
- Tristram Coffin as Scott Pearson
- Alan Douglas as Joe Murdock, aka Mrs. Whipple
- Selmer Jackson as Ship's Doctor
- Dudley Dickerson as Big Ben
- Rito Punay as Pete the Steward
- Elaine Lange as Cynthia Martin
- Emmett Vogan as Professor Martin
- Leslie Denison as Reverend Dr. Whipple
Production
The film entered the public domain due to the omission of a valid copyright notice on its original prints.
External links
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- Dangerous Money at the Internet Movie Database
- Dangerous Money is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]