Dangerous Money

1946

Crime / Mystery / Thriller

2
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 1375 1.4K

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Plot summary

A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger, Charlie Chan, that there have been two attempts on his life.

Director

Terry O. Morse Photo
Terry O. Morse

Top cast

Victor Sen Yung Photo
Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan
Stuart Hall Photo
Stuart Hall as Ship Passenger
Joseph Crehan Photo
Joseph Crehan as Capt. Black
Willie Best Photo
Willie Best as Chattanooga Brown
720p.WEB
608.52 MB
960*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
30 fps
1 hr 6 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by blanche-2 6 / 10

we never do find out about that turtle

There's a small turtle with a torch on his back in "Dangerous Money," but that's never explained.Well, we never do find out about that turtle..."Dangerous Money" takes place on board ship, where a treasury agent investigating the movement of counterfeit money tells Charlie (Sidney Toler) that two attempts have been made on his life.Finally, one succeeds, thanks to a flying knife, which plays into other parts of the film as well.Charlie investigates, with the "help" of Jimmy Chan (Victor Sen Yeung) and Chattanooga Brown (Willie Best). This time around, Charlie actually has a couple of real assignments for them. The film also features Gloria Warren as Rona Simmonds.Jimmy and Chattanooga supply some of the humor and play off of one another well. The best is Chattanooga playing sick so that Jimmy can get the doctor's fingerprints.Entertaining.
Reviewed by csteidler 6 / 10

Charlie Chan encounters murder and counterfeiters in the South Seas

A foggy night on a cruise ship. Charlie Chan huddles at the rail with a man who confides that he is a government agent investigating hot money circulating in the islands. Already two attempts have been made on his life. Chan nods sagely.It's an atmospheric opening that sets the scene nicely, reminiscent of the best Chan mysteries made several years earlier. Various characters slink by or stop to say hello as Chan and the agent talk....all suspects? Moments later, sure enough, the government man is struck down in the ball room, victim of a knife thrown by an unseen hand. Chan takes on both the murder and the counterfeiting investigations.Sidney Toler is fine once again as the famous detective. Sen Yung and Willie Best are along as Mr. Chan's assistants, and while this series entry has less comedy than usual, Yung and Best do manage to get some humor out of a pair of two-way radios they use in their efforts to spy on passengers and gather clues. Overall, the plot is nothing special but manages to hold together for 66 minutes. The cast is solid and includes some familiar faces like ship captain Joseph Crehan. It's not the best Charlie Chan movie but certainly a decent late series entry. Best movie prop ever: One of the suspects is a professor of ichthyology and he spends most of the movie carrying around a big book called simply FISH.
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