''Dangerous Millions'' is a 1946 American

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directed by

James Tinling James Tinling (May 8, 1889 in Seattle – May 14, 1967 in Los Angeles) was an American film director. He worked during the silent period as a prop boy and stuntman, and directed primarily for 20th Century Fox in the 1930s and 1940s. He has bee ...

and written by Irving Cummings Jr. and Robert G. North. The film stars

Kent Taylor Kent Taylor (born Louis William Weiss; May 11, 1907 – April 11, 1987) was an American actor of film and television. Taylor appeared in more than 110 films, the bulk of them B-movies in the 1930s and 1940s, although he also had roles in more p ...

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, Leonard Strong, Rex Evans and

Robert Barrat Robert Harriot Barrat (July 10, 1891 – January 7, 1970) was an American stage, motion picture, and television character actor. Early years Barratt was born on July 10, 1891, in New York City and was educated in the public schools there. He ...

. The film was released on November 27, 1946, by

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Plot

Combat pilot turned soldier of fortune Jack Clark is summoned to

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with other potential heirs to seek a fortune left by Hendrick Van Boyden a decade before.

Cast

as Jack Clark *

as Elena Valdez *

as Sonia Bardos * Leonard Strong as Bandit Chieftain *Rex Evans as Lance Warburton *

as Hendrick Van Boyden *

Konstantin Shayne Konstantin Shayne (born Konstantin Veniaminovich Olkenitski; russian: Константин Вениаминович Олькеницкий, November 29, 1888 – November 15, 1974) was a Russian-American actor. Biography Shayne was born in Kha ...

as Prof. Jan Schuyler *Otto Reichow as Nils Otter *

Rudolph Anders Rudolph Anders (December 17, 1895 – March 27, 1987) was a German character actor who came to the United States after the rise of Hitler, and appeared in numerous American films in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Biography He was born Rudo ...

as Rudolph Busch *Franco Corsaro as Alfredo Charles * Henry Rowland as Leo Turkan *

Victor Sen Yung Sen Yung, later known professionally as Victor Sen Young (born Sen Yew Cheung; October 18, 1914 – c. November 9, 1980); one source lists his given name as Victor Cheung Young with the birth year 1915)) was an American character actor, best kn ...

as Lin Chow

References

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* 1946 films 20th Century Fox films American drama films 1946 drama films Films directed by James Tinling American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-drama-film-stub