Smashing the Money Ring
Smashing the Money Ring is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Terry O. Morse, written by Anthony Coldeway and Raymond L. Schrock, and starring Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson, Eddie [Foy, Jr.], Joe Downing, Charles D. Brown and Joe King. It was released by Warner Bros. on October 21, 1939.
Plot
A counterfeit money ring is being run from prison by a gangster, Dice Matthews, and a casino owner, Steve Parker, who is behind bars for slugging a cop. U.S. Secret Service agent Brass Bancroft goes undercover as a convict, getting help on the outside from his right-hand man, Gabby, while infiltrating the counterfeiting ring.Parker's daughter, Peggy, becomes involved, identifying a guard who's also in on the scheme after her father is murdered. Bancroft and Matthews make a break for it, but although the guard shoots both, Bancroft recovers and sees that justice is done.
Cast
- Ronald Reagan as Lt. Brass Bancroft
- Margot Stevenson as Peggy
- Eddie Foy, Jr. as Gabby
- Joe Downing as Dice Mathews
- Charles D. Brown as Parker
- Joe King as Saxby
- William B. Davidson as Warden Denby
- Charles C. Wilson as Capt. Kilrane
- Elliott Sullivan as Danny Galloway
- John Hamilton as Night Captain
- Sidney Bracey as Pop Dryden
- Jack Wise as Prison Runner
- Jack Mower as First Night Guard
- Don Turner as Joe