Southside 1-1000 - DVD

Money is the root of all evil in this solid documentarystyle crime thriller Leonard Maltins Classic Movie Guide starring Don DeFore and Andrea King. When phony 10 bills flood the country the Treasury Department recognizes the work of imprisoned counterfeiter Eugene Deane Morris Ankrum a master engraver who smuggled the plates out of his San Quentin cell. Assigned to take down the ring undercover agent John Riggs DeFore follows the money trail to a Los Angeles hotel where he romances manager Nora Craig King the next link in the chain. In the tradition of 20th Century Foxs semidocumentary Now it can be told films Monogram Pictures A division Allied Artists came up with Southside 11000. The U.S. Secret Service goes after a gang of counterfeiters whose engraver Morris Ankrum has covertly constructed his plates while in prison. A federal agent Don DeFore poses as the counterfeiters contact man in order to purchase enough bills to incriminate the gang. The final fighttothedeath scene was filmed aboard Los Angeles Angels Flight a cablecar service dangling 40 feet above the ground. Southside 11000 was based on a true story as narrator Gerald Mohr points out on several occasions. Hal Erickson Rovi. Genre: Mystery Suspense Thrillers. SubGenre: Film Noir. Release Date: 4 September 2012. Directed By: Boris Ingster. Studio: WHV ARCHIVE WHVA . Running Time: 79. Region: 0. Display: Pan and Scan. Audio: PCM Mono English. Discs: 1. Format: NTSC. Crew: Art Director:Dave Milton Cinematographer:Russell Harlan Composer Music Score:Paul Sawtell Composer Music Score:Stuart Frye Director:Boris Ingster Producer:Frank King Producer:Maurice King Screenwriter:Boris Ingster Screenwriter:Leo Townsend. Extras: DvdR Nr Clr Dvd Mod. Dimensions: 7.5L x 0.5H x 5.4W.