Dangerous Money
About Dangerous Money
On a liner bound for Samoa, Treasury agent Scott Pearson tells Charlie Chan he is tracing stolen currency and art taken from Philippine banks during the Japanese occupation. Two attempts have already been made on his life. Chan stops a third. A knife in the back succeeds on the fourth. Captain Black asks Chan to finish Pearson's job.
Cast & crew
More about Dangerous Money
Terry O. Morse directed. Miriam Kissinger wrote the screenplay. The characters come from Earl Derr Biggers. Edward J. Kay composed the music. Monogram released it on 12 October 1946. Sidney Toler plays Chan. Victor Sen Yung plays his son Jimmy.
Themes
Background
A 1946 Monogram Chan entry, set on a ship and tied to loot from the occupation of the Philippines.
Music
Edward J. Kay composed the score.
Notes
- Willie Best plays Chattanooga Brown.
- Tristram Coffin plays Scott Pearson. Joseph Crehan plays Captain Black.
- Gloria Warren plays Rona Simmonds, an English tourist with a crush on the purser.
- The loot is wartime plunder from Philippine banks, not ordinary counterfeit.
- Toler was in the Monogram Chan series by this point, after Fox had dropped it.
Scenes
- Pearson is knifed after Chan has already saved him once.
- The captain hands Chan the dead agent's assignment.
Influenced by
- Charlie Chan (Earl Derr Biggers)