The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot
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Cast & Crew
Bertram Harrison
William J. Burns
Glen White
Joseph Sullivan
Clifford P. Saum
Hector Dion
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Helen, the daughter of wealthy counterfeiter James Long, innocently passes a bogus bill in a Philadephia department store, and thus initiates a Federal investigation headed by agent William J. Burns. After uncovering the engraving plates and capturing some of the counterfeiters, Burns and his assistant, agent Florence Castle, are able to smash most of the operation. Helen helps her father, however, and the counterfeiting begins again until Burns convinces Long to turn state's evidence to save his daughter. In the end, all of the counterfeiters are tried and convicted. A year later Long is released and Helen marries an agent with whom she has fallen in love. In an epilogue, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, is seen congratulating Burns on his detective work.
Director
Bertram Harrison
Cast
William J. Burns
Glen White
Joseph Sullivan
Clifford P. Saum
Hector Dion
Jack Sharkey
William Cavanaugh
Charles E. Graham
Harry Lillford
James Ayling
John Ransom
Arthur Morrison
Frank Carrington
Henry Driscoll
Jack Drumier
Howard Missimer
Edward Walton
Ezra Walck
Georgia O'ramie
Jean Acker
Eileen Hume
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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William J. Burns supervised the preparation of the subject for the screen, based on his own experiences.
