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1. Dressed to Kill (1946)

Passed | 76 min | Crime, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes sets out to discover why a trio of murderous villains, including a dangerously attractive female, are desperate to obtain three unassuming and inexpensive little music boxes.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Edmund Breon

Votes: 6,905

2. I Went Down (1997)

R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Irish action comedy. An ex-con is forced into taking on a new task by a ruthless crime-boss, but finds he is hindered by the partner he has been teamed up with. However, he soon realizes they must work together if they are to survive.

Director: Paddy Breathnach | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Peter McDonald, Antoine Byrne, David Wilmot

Votes: 2,277 | Gross: $0.41M

3. For Better or for Worse (1989 Video)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

A honeymooning couple become entangled in a plot to recover plates for counterfeiting U.S. dollars. She thinks she's just retired from a government "dirty jobs" department, but her ... See full summary »

Director: Gene Quintano | Stars: Kim Cattrall, Robert Hays, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jonathan Banks

Votes: 418 | Gross: $0.05M

4. Speaking of Murder (1957)

95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A garage owner maintains his business as a front for his gang of criminals.

Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi, Albert Dinan

Votes: 653

5. The Take (1974)

PG | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crime fighter Terry Sneed arrives in New Mexico to help out a local police chief - but he's already taking money from the underworld.

Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Billy Dee Williams, Eddie Albert, Frankie Avalon, Sorrell Booke

Votes: 314

6. The Big Boodle (1957)

Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In pre-Castro Cuba, Ned Sherwood is caught between police and counterfeiters.

Director: Richard Wilson | Stars: Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendáriz, Rossana Rory, Gia Scala

Votes: 495

7. Shadowed (1946)

Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Fred J. Johnson (Lloyd Corrigan) scores a hole-in-one but his next drive, using the lucky, initialed golf ball, soars out of bounds and lands near a spot where some counterfeiters are ... See full summary »

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Anita Louise, Lloyd Corrigan, Michael Duane, Mark Roberts

Votes: 278

8. Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles (1973)

92 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

The sleepy little village of Loubressac is well on its way to becoming a ghost town. To save the town, the local citizenry hatch a plan to attract tourists. To their horror, the plan ... See full summary »

Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Dani, Michel Galabru, Henri Guybet, Jean Lefebvre

Votes: 376

9. The Abductors (1957)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Two men plot to steal and hold for ransom the remains of President Abraham Lincoln.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Victor McLaglen, George Macready, Fay Spain, Gavin Muir

Votes: 49

10. Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen (1959)

105 min | Comedy, Thriller

Private detectives Matti Kaarna and Esko Honka are invited on free trips to Malaga and Mallorca by their pilot friends. A criminal gang that produces counterfeit money and their attractive ... See full summary »

Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Anneli Sauli, Helge Herala, Marjatta Kallio, Tommi Rinne

Votes: 85

11. 26 Men (1957–1959)
Episode: Dead Man in Tucson (1957)

26 min | Western

Travis goes after escaped con Cain Devers, a bank robber and counterfeiter who is using his counterfeit plates as part of a plot to destroy his father and younger brother.

Director: Reg Browne | Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Steve Conte, Gregg Barton

Votes: 18

12. The Adventures of Champion (1955–1956)
Episode: The Stone Heart (1955)

Not Rated | 26 min | Western

Ricky tries to help a wounded prisoner who was forced to participate in a jail break and becomes the target of the rest of the gang of counterfeiters.

Director: John English | Stars: Champion, Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Blaze

Votes: 10

13. Follow the Sun (1961–1962)
Episode: The Girl from the Brandenburg Gate (1961)

60 min | Adventure

A German girl tries to retrieve counterfeit money planted on Eric Jason without the reporter knowing.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Barry Coe, Gary Lockwood, Gigi Perreau, Inger Stevens

14. Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode: F.O.B. Honolulu: Part I (1971)

Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Chinese (led by Wo Fat), the Soviets (led by Mischa Toptegan) and assorted criminals are all after perfect counterfeit plates. The plates were originally developed by the Chinese, who ... See full summary »

Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Zulu, Kam Fong

Votes: 130

15. Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode: The Savage Hills (1958)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

A beautiful con woman convinces Bart that a fellow hotel guest is really the leader of a counterfeit ring in possession of the plates to print the phony money. After Bart helps steal the ... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Jack Kelly, Diane Brewster, Peter Whitney, Thurston Hall

Votes: 115

16. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode: Casket 7.3 (1961)

TV-14 | 60 min | Western

Jim and his foreman, Jeb Gaine, are busy moving onto the ranch purchased from Ovie and her two lovely daughters when the Wells Fargo agent is called back to service to retrieve plates used ... See full summary »

Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Dale Robertson, Jack Ging, William Demarest, Virginia Christine

Votes: 47

17. U.S. Marshal (1958–1960)
Episode: Nine O'Clock Pickup (1960)

30 min | Crime, Drama, Western

Marshals Morgan and Ferguson are called in to investigate the murder of a postman and the theft of a sack of mail from his truck. The only clue to the crime is a broken bottle the killer ... See full summary »

Directors: Robert Altman, Sutton Roley | Stars: John Bromfield, James Griffith, Alan Hewitt, Philip Grayson

18. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode: The Night of the Circus of Death (1967)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western

When masterfully forged bills appear in circulation, West and Gordon must catch the forgers to prevent the collapse of the U.S. economy from a flood of nearly perfect counterfeit bills.

Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Philip Bruns, Arlene Martel

Votes: 162

19. Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode: Killer on the Run (1959)

TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An old lady and her younger woman friend are endangered when they offer a ride to a fugitive thief who committed two murders in order to steal counterfeit currency plates.

Director: Joe Parker | Stars: Broderick Crawford, William Boyett, William Bakewell, George Ramsey

Votes: 60