''Dangerous Money'', also known as ''Hot Money'', is a 1946 American film directed by
Terry O. Morse
Terry O. Morse (January 30, 1906 – May 19, 1984) was an American film director and editor. He is perhaps best known for directing the American scenes in ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters!'', the "Americanized" version of the 1954 Japanese ...
, featuring
Sidney Toler as
Charlie Chan.
This is the second and last appearance of
Willie Best as Chattanooga Brown, the cousin of Charlie Chan's usual chauffeur, Birmingham Brown (
Mantan Moreland
Mantan Moreland (September 3, 1902 – September 28, 1973) was an American actor and comedian most popular in the 1930s and 1940s. He starred in numerous films. His daughter Marcella Moreland appeared as a child actress in several films.
E ...
).
Plot
Aboard an ocean liner in the South Pacific,
US Treasury
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agent Scott Pearson confidentially asks Charlie Chan for help; two attempts have been made on his life. Chan rescues him from a third, but not the fourth (a knife in the back). 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
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Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
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Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan (Number 2 son)
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Joseph Crehan as Captain Black
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Willie Best as Chattanooga Brown
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John Harmon as Freddie Kirk
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Bruce Edwards as Harold Mayfair
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Dick Elliott
Richard Damon Elliott (April 30, 1886 – December 22, 1961) was an American character actor who played in over 240 films from the 1930s until the time of his death.
Early years
Elliott was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Career
Elliott p ...
as P.T. Burke
* Joseph Allen as George Brace, the Purser
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Gloria Warren
Gloria Warren ( Weiman; April 7, 1926 – September 11, 2021) was an American actress, soprano singer, and philanthropist.
Early years
Warren was born Gloria Weiman on April 7, 1926, in Wilmington, Delaware. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman W ...
as Rona Simmonds, an English tourist with a crush on the purser George Brace
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Rick Vallin as Tao Erickson
* Amira Moustafa as Laura Erickson, Tao's wife
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Tristram Coffin as Scott Pearson
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Selmer Jackson
Selmer Adolf Jackson (May 7, 1888 – March 30, 1971) was an American stage film and television actor. He appeared in nearly 400 films between 1921 and 1963. His name was sometimes spelled Selmar Jackson.
Jackson was born in Lake Mills, Iowa an ...
as Ship's Doctor
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Dudley Dickerson as Big Ben
* Rito Punay as Pete the Steward
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Emmett Vogan as Professor Martin
* Elaine Lange as Cynthia Martin, the professor's wife
* Leslie Denison as missionary, Reverend Whipple (alias for Theodore M. Lane)
* Alan Douglas as Joe Murdock, man posing as Mrs. Whipple
Production
The film entered the
public domain
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due to the omission of a valid
copyright
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notice on its original prints.
Notes
External links
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Download from Odysee
1946 films
American black-and-white films
Charlie Chan films
Films directed by Terry O. Morse
Films set in Samoa
Articles containing video clips
American comedy mystery films
1940s comedy mystery films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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