Smashing the Money Ring | |
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Directed by | Terry O. Morse |
Screenplay by | Anthony Coldeway Raymond L. Schrock |
Produced by | Bryan Foy |
Starring | Ronald Reagan Margot Stevenson Eddie Foy, Jr. Joe Downing Charles D. Brown Joe King |
Cinematography | James Van Trees |
Edited by | Frank Magee |
Music by | Bernhard Kaun |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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. [1] [2]
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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.
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