A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.
Thomas E. Jackson
- Gloomy
- (as Tommy Jackson)
Nat Carr
- Mr. Schmidt
- (uncredited)
Loia Cheaney
- Marie - Gang Moll
- (uncredited)
Alice Connors
- Newspaper Office Worker
- (uncredited)
Jack A. Goodrich
- Bettor
- (uncredited)
John Harron
- John Wilkins
- (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
- Bettor on #9
- (uncredited)
Edward Keane
- Henchman Stoneham
- (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
- Woman at Schmidt's Pet Store
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film's earliest documented telecast took place in Tucson Monday 22 October 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9); it first aired in Sacramento CA Wednesday 7 November 1956 on KCRA (Channel 3), in Salt Lake City Friday 21 December 1956 on KUTV (Channel 2), in San Francisco Thursday 10 January 1957 on KRON (Channel 4), and in Portland OR Monday 25 March 1957 on KLOR (Channel 12).
- GoofsWhen Torchy spots and writes down Gilbert's license plate number at the racetrack, there is no state indicated on the plate.
- Quotes
Torchy Blane: I think I'll have a snoop instead of a steak.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits appear as newspaper headlines.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
Featured review
Comedy-mystery bogs down when lively leads are off screen
Reporter Torchy Blane bumps lightly into a cop as she breezes through the police station's front door. "Oh, sorry," she says. "I meant to knock you down." Torchy's friendly smirk pretty much sums up her attitude toward the police: they're supposedly in charge but they sure move a lot slower than she does.
Glenda Farrell returns as spunky girl reporter Torchy Blane in this amusing but uneven series entry. Farrell is excellent as usual—Torchy is a quick thinker and a fast talker, and Farrell presents just the right mix of wit, charm and silliness.
Tom Kennedy is equally good as Gahagan, the lumbering police chauffeur who is liable to burst into poetry at any moment. This time around, Gahagan is given an unscheduled vacation, the other cops figuring that keeping him off of the case entirely is the only way to prevent him from spilling inside information to Torchy.
Barton McLane's role as Lieutenant Steve McBride is, alas, rather dry. The plot sets him up to be the eventual hero but boy, it sure takes him a while to sort things out. What's worse, he's not only dumb, he's boring.
The story, for what it's worth, concerns a master counterfeiter known as "Hundred Dollar Bill" Bailey (Willard Robertson) playing an elaborate trick on an extremely gullible police force. Posing as an ace federal agent, this Bailey sets up shop behind a window at the racetrack, where he exchanges his phony bills right under the cops' noses. Needless to say, Torchy catches on that something is fishy long before Steve or the other cops.
Highlights include Gahagan's system for betting on the horses (it involves the fact that 6 x 6 = 37); and a rented German shepherd that only understands German (Torchy rents a phrase book along with the dog).
Very silly and enjoyable when Torchy and Gahagan are on the scene .not as lively during passages involving counterfeiters or detectives.
Glenda Farrell returns as spunky girl reporter Torchy Blane in this amusing but uneven series entry. Farrell is excellent as usual—Torchy is a quick thinker and a fast talker, and Farrell presents just the right mix of wit, charm and silliness.
Tom Kennedy is equally good as Gahagan, the lumbering police chauffeur who is liable to burst into poetry at any moment. This time around, Gahagan is given an unscheduled vacation, the other cops figuring that keeping him off of the case entirely is the only way to prevent him from spilling inside information to Torchy.
Barton McLane's role as Lieutenant Steve McBride is, alas, rather dry. The plot sets him up to be the eventual hero but boy, it sure takes him a while to sort things out. What's worse, he's not only dumb, he's boring.
The story, for what it's worth, concerns a master counterfeiter known as "Hundred Dollar Bill" Bailey (Willard Robertson) playing an elaborate trick on an extremely gullible police force. Posing as an ace federal agent, this Bailey sets up shop behind a window at the racetrack, where he exchanges his phony bills right under the cops' noses. Needless to say, Torchy catches on that something is fishy long before Steve or the other cops.
Highlights include Gahagan's system for betting on the horses (it involves the fact that 6 x 6 = 37); and a rented German shepherd that only understands German (Torchy rents a phrase book along with the dog).
Very silly and enjoyable when Torchy and Gahagan are on the scene .not as lively during passages involving counterfeiters or detectives.
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- csteidler
- Dec 26, 2012
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- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
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