Know Your Money

Know Your Money

1940 · 20 min · ★ 8.3 · Drama, Crime

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring and explores the government's attempt to curb counterfeiting.

Directed by Joseph M. Newman · Written by Carl Dudley

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