Ronald Reagan fights counterfeiters in 58 minutes of gloriously unhinged B-movie chaos.
Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.
Acting
Eddie Foy Jr.'s comic relief Gabby steals every scene from future president Reagan.
Production
Warner Bros. backlot Mexico looks suspiciously like Burbank with sombreros.
Director
Noel M. Smith
Ronald Reagan
Brass Bancroft
Rosella Towne
Elaine
Eddie Foy Jr.
Gabby
Moroni Olsen
The friar
Edgar Edwards
Ross
Jack Mower
Decker
John Gallaudet
Dan Crockett
Joe King
Tom 'Jim' Saxby
Steve Darrell
Butch
Sol Gorss
Dutch
George Regas
Mexican Police Officer
Dick Botiller
Police Chief (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Policeman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the second of four Brass Bancroft films Reagan made in 1939 alone—Warner Bros. contract players sometimes shot four movies simultaneously.
Released months before WWII began, the film's anxious focus on currency stability and border threats reflects Depression-era American economic paranoia.
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