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The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot

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The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot
Directed byBertram Harrison
StarringWilliam J. Burns
Release date
  • September 1914 (1914-09)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot is a 1914 silent film thriller directed by Bertram Harrison.

Synopsis

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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

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  • William J. Burns as Himself
  • Glen White as John Walton
  • Joseph Sullivan as Joseph Fennell
  • Cliff Saum as William Kendall
  • Hector Dion as Edward Jackson
  • Jack Sharkey as Frank Tyler
  • William Cavanaugh as Arthur Borden
  • Charles Graham as James Long
  • Harry Lillford as George Peters
  • James Ayling as Robert Smith
  • John Ransom as John Knox
  • Arthur Morrison as Charles Carruthers
  • Frank Carrington as William Myers
  • Henry Driscoll as Samuel Parks
  • Jack Drumier as Chief of the Secret Service
  • Howard Missimer as Warden of Moyamensing
  • Edward Walton as Peter Miller
  • Ezra Walck as Stephen Tracy
  • Georgia O'Ramey as Florence Castle, Secret Service
  • Jean Acker as Helen Long
  • Ilean Hume as Mary Kelly
  • Arthur Conan Doyle as Self

Censorship

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The Chicago Board of Censors 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.[1]

References

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  1. ^ The Chicago Daily Tribune. Internet Archive. Chicago: Chicago Tribune. September 22, 1914. p. 9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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