The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot
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''The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot'' is a 1914
silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...
thriller directed by Bertram Harrison.


Synopsis

A member of a counterfeiting gang gives a forged note to his daughter. When she spends it on a dress the note ends up in the hands of the secret service, who then bring the entire gang to justice.


Cast


Censorship

The
Chicago Board of Censors The Chicago Board of Censors was a film censorship committee based in Chicago that was founded in 1907 as the Police Censor Board, and operated until 1984. It was the first film censorship board in the United States. The board had great influence o ...
rejected the film in its entirety, refusing to grant a permit. The reasons given were for the repeated scenes of counterfeiting, a government official accepting a bribe, and detectives endeavoring to induce someone to commit a crime.


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* 1914 films American silent feature films 1910s thriller films American black-and-white films Silent American thriller films 1910s American films {{silent-thriller-film-stub