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- The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.
- Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
- Hong Kong police are hunting a counterfeiting gang led by a mastermind code-named "Painter". In order to crack this true identity, the police recruit gang member Lee Man to unmask "Painter's" secret identity.
- Pivoting around a shiny counterfeit gold sovereign freshly milled from the clandestine workshop of an otherwise honest goldsmith, four brief vignettes of human imperfection; seduction; fate; desire, and devotion inextricably interweave.
- Jack, a simple farmhand must get help from a group of wild misfits and find treasure before the outlaw he's been impersonating finds him.
- "Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he finds out the the currency that should be counterfeited is the Dutch florin, he accepts immediately. He retired after having counterfeited 100 florin notes just before the Queen Wilhelmina retired them from circulation. He flies to Paris. But the gang is not to be trusted, at least not all of them.
- Gina/Téa Leoni lives with her parents and works in an NYC department store delicatessen. She's in love with rich, handsome Sinclair but she's shy. He mistakes her for Contessa Sofia and invites her to a formal dinner party.
- A French rugby supporter is in England for a match at Twickenham and is knocked out and loses two teeth. He goes to the dentist and during waiting he wears a uniform of another patient, a police officer.
- Is there a link between the murder of five foreign sailors from the East whose bodies have been found on the San Pedro waterfront and the issue of one million counterfeit dollars in the USA? Don Owens, an undercover agent, assisted by Angie, a beautiful but embittered widow who has fallen for him, does his best to untangle the knot...
- High-school student Bernard discovers that he's the fruit of a one-night stand by his mother.
- Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to catch a gang of counterfeiters.
- A cat steals the headpiece of a dog to deceive the bulldog Spike and get a chance to eat the canary Spike is guarding.
- A reformed forger runs into an acquaintance from his past, now an escaped murderer, who blackmails him into resuming his criminal career.
- The FBI attempts to bring down the world's greatest autograph forger after he joined a counterfeit ring that took off during the 1998 home run chase between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.
- A member of a counterfeiting gang gives a forged note to his daughter. When she spends it on a dress the note ends up in the hands of the secret service, who then bring the entire gang to justice.
- TV Series
- This short explains how the U.S. Secret Service investigates counterfeit cases.
- When Octavius learned that one of the large department stores was having trouble with counterfeit money, he set out post-haste to investigate. His first step in this case was to walk about the store, "shadowing" various people. While engaged in this absorbing pastime, he happened to enter the glass department. Just as he did so, a very pretty woman accidentally knocked a vase from its stand. She apologized profusely for her carelessness and paid the salesman for the damage. A few moments later, the cashier sent back word that the bill given in payment for the damage was counterfeit. Octavius, overhearing the complaint, immediately set out in pursuit of the pretty woman. Just as he was leaving, it was discovered that a bill with which Octavius himself had paid for a trivial purchase was also counterfeit. So the store detective who had been watching Octavius suspiciously all morning, followed him. Octavius followed the woman to the house of a Dr. Kelly and advised her to confess everything. While the woman and Dr. Kelly were indignantly denying any knowledge of the charge, the store detective entered with a policeman and naturally supposing Octavius and the woman to be confederates, arrested them. By an undeserved streak of luck, Octavius discovered in the manager's office that the cashier was the guilty person. He assumed full credit for the discovery and deeply smitten with the charms of the beautiful lady, asked her if he might call. She gave him a card, and told him she would be delighted to see him. The card read "Miss Anne Rafferty." When Octavius called at Dr. Kelly's and asked for her, he received a distinct shock. Anne was the cook. Then the beautiful lady appeared and explained that she must have given him the card by mistake. Octavius was delighted until the lady introduced him to her husband, Dr. Kelly.
- Tom Young is sent on the trail of a gang of counterfeiters. He knows that a man named Miller is the leader of the criminals, but Miller makes no move which will implicate himself or accomplices. Miller has a clever scheme through which he keeps in touch with his gang. He writes a note on thin tissue paper and places it in his hat band. At a lunch room, which he visits every day, he exchanges hats with a confederate without communicating with the latter. It happens that Tom's sweetheart, Alice, is cashier at the restaurant and notices the peculiar exchange of hats. She informs Tom of the affair when he drops in to see her. One day the young detective follows Miller after the leader has received a message, but the crook swallows the little paper. Not to be discouraged; Tom hits upon a plan. With the assistance of the restaurant proprietor he cuts out a small portion of the wall, near the rack on which the hats are always hung. While Miller and the accomplice are lunching Tom extracts the message in the hat and puts in its place a decoy note which demands the presence of Miller at the gang's headquarters. The leader is trailed to the rendezvous and the whole band of criminals is apprehended.
- In a world blinded by beauty and fame, our obsession with celebrity takes some bizarre twists. A close resemblance to an actor, singer or political leader can become a backstage pass to a dizzying - and sometimes dangerous - half-life. This documentary goes inside the world of the celebrity double - counterfeit super-stars, high on second hand fame. It's the ultimate identity crisis where it's easy to forget where make-believe ends, and real life begins. We see how these lookalikes often fool the public - and themselves. The documentary features dead ringers for Michael Jackson, Robert de Niro, Shania Twain, Ozzy Osbourne and the notorious Uday Hussein.
- A western tourist gets lost in translation when visiting an indigenous family in Amazon jungle.
- Three practical jokers paste a counterfeit banknote on a table and then wait to see poor unknowing ones try to get it. One after another they appear and try to pry the supposedly good money loose. At last a Jew peddler comes along and finding he cannot lift the bill he takes table and all and runs off, pursued by the restaurant waiters, for it is in an open café, he then smashes the table top and after getting the bill tries to buy some bread with it and is thrown out into the street. He is at last caught and thrashed by the enraged restaurant proprietor and his employees.
- Counterfeiters using an old mill tie a detective to the waterwheel and a boy assistant to a locked gate.
- Jerry, pursued by the police, makes his escape by boarding a train. The first stop is a small town, and as Jerry alights to view his surroundings he is detected by a conductor and turned over to the constable. About to be imprisoned, the prisoner gets possession of the "law's" club; beats the constable, and, locking him in a cell, escapes. Jerry is attracted by Daisy, who is strolling through the fields with Hank, her sweetheart. Jerry's eyes begin to work and Daisy is a victim. This aroused Hank, who subdues the mischiefmaker only to be the unfortunate one in the end, when Jerry crashes a brick over his head. As Hank recovers, Jerry is forced to flee. Jerry's speed carries him into the hills and he comes across a band of counterfeiters. He is admitted into the band when it is decided that he is not dangerous. But the huge stacks of new currency tempt Jerry and he is caught in the act of storing a lot of it in his pockets and ejected from the camp. Government officers searching in the district for the money "floaters," come across Jerry. They are about to arrest him when he reveals the hiding place of the counterfeiters and offers to lead the men to the place. A raid follows and the entire band is taken away, leaving Jerry in possession of everything.
- A man poses as a cowboy to win a girl.
- A New York City Detective goes on the hunt for a woman named Alice, who has been implicated in the shooting of his partner. The trail leads to the notorious Detective Chief Inspector John Luther.
- The banks have discovered that there are counterfeit bills in circulation. Lambert Chase, the famous detective, is brought into service and he learns that the only bank whose notes or bills have not been counterfeited, is the Reliance Bank. Upon further investigation, he finds that their largest cash depositor is one Rochester, who is proprietor of a large department store. Detective Chase starts with this clue and instructs Walton, Chief of the Secret Service, to secure a position in the store as a manager of one of the departments. With strong recommendations, Walton has no trouble in becoming an employee of the store. He soon finds out that Rochester is making larger daily deposits in the Reliance Bank than he is taking in at his store. Chase visits Rochester's place as a building inspector. Showing his badge, he is allowed to inspect the building. In the cellar he discovers a part of it partitioned off by brick walls, with no evident means of admission. He concludes that the entrance must be from the top, through Rochester's private office. He bores an augur hole through the floor of the office, through which he runs a combustible fuse. He ignites it and hurries upstairs to the private office and calmly talks to Mr. Rochester on the defects of his building. While they are talking, smoke is seen coming from the floor. Walton, also present, feigns surprise, says the place is on fire. Rochester, greatly excited, throws aside a rug from the floor, opens a trap door and is about to descend, when Chase draws his revolver and tells him to halt. Walton arrests Rochester on the charge of counterfeiting. Lambert Chase goes down through the trap door and there discovers the counterfeiting plant. When searched, several of the counterfeit bills are found in the pockets of the accused man and his guilt is undeniably fastened upon him.
- On a savage jungle world, the Bonesinger Benneruin and her warrior companion survey an ancient seawall. As they brave its eerie walls to collect a legendary prize, their journey begins to cross time and space with the mythic War in Heaven.
- A man breaks into a house to steal a valuable item, not knowing the house was for sale.
- Counterfeiters manage to throw suspicion temporarily on the hero, but he is cleared in the end.
- Daddy abandons his unlawful occupation when his daughter comes home and his partner vows to make him return to work. The partner finds an opportunity to make good his vow by threatening the happiness of daddy's girl. However, a kindly fate intervenes to adjust matters in a thrilling and satisfactory manner.
- Bruno, leader of a band of counterfeiters, tires of the love lavished upon him by Rosario, a member of the gang. Believing he loves another, the woman becomes insanely jealous. The counterfeiter meets Ivy, daughter of the village blacksmith. Jack, employed by Ivy's father, is deeply in love with the girl. The boy perceives that his sweetheart has been fascinated by Bruno. Later, he finds a note dropped by Ivy, in which Bruno requests her to meet him that evening. Crouched in the underbrush that night, Jack sees his sweetheart in Bruno's arms. A rustle in the underbrush attracts Jack's attention, and he comes upon Rosario, who, filled with jealous rage, is watching Bruno. A desire for revenge prompts the woman to inform Jack of the man's counterfeiting activities. The two plan to bring Bruno to justice. Early next morning, the United States marshal appears in the village in response to Jack's telegram. Several detectives come with him. Bruno arrives at the spot where he is to meet Ivy, and is seized by the Government detectives. A member of the counterfeiting gang sees the arrest and hastens to warn the outlaws. When the officials arrive shortly afterwards, they find the counterfeiters prepared. A stirring fight ensues. The gang is finally captured when the detectives storm the building. The scales fall from Ivy's eyes when Bruno's true character is revealed. Filled with joy because of her narrow escape, Ivy begs Jack for forgiveness.
- Betty Gordon, a nurse at the City Hospital, and Dr. Andrews, the resident physician, are sweethearts. Through an item in one of the newspapers, the two discover that Haggard, one of their patients, is a notorious counterfeiter. A reward is offered for the man's capture. Keefe, one of Haggard's confederates, overhears Betty and Andrews planning the criminal's capture. The man enters Haggard's room and gives the alarm. The two escape by leaping out of the window, and dashing away in Keefe's auto. Betty, Andrews and a policeman enter the room in time to see the criminals disappearing down the road. A letter dropped by the fleeing counterfeiters betrays their destination. Ordering the policeman to summon help, Betty and Andrews take up the pursuit in the doctor's machine. The lovers succeed in finding the counterfeiters rendezvous, but their attempt to enter the house is discovered and they are captured. Betty is taken into the room used as a laboratory by Haggard, while Andrews is thrown, bound and ragged, on the kitchen floor. By a clever ruse, Betty drugs Haggard. Taking his pistol and donning his duster, the girl enters the room where Keefe and a henchman are standing guard over her sweetheart. The criminals are taken aback when Betty confronts them with an automatic pistol. Keefe, however, distracts the girl's attention. A moment later, both counterfeiters leap upon Betty and disarm her. The men are about to do away with the lovers when the police arrive. Breaking down the door, the officers engage in a hot battle with the criminals, and succeed in placing them under arrest.
- Marion and May, two-year-old twins, are the pride of the Chesapeake Foundling Asylum, but there comes a time when it is decided to separate them, since no one is inclined to adopt them both. May is the first to go and falls into the hands of an unscrupulous woman, a professional beggar. Marion becomes the daughter of a wealthy English couple, who shortly afterward return to England. Twenty years pass. May is a notorious counterfeiter. A raid by Federal officers results in the capture of her confederates, but she makes her escape. Marion's adopted parents die, leaving a document which informs her of her twin sister. She determines to find her and leaves for America. A falling brick injures her shortly after her arrival and she is taken to a hospital where her physician falls in love with her. His mother invites Marion to her home. Marion is accosted by one of the counterfeiters, who believes she is May, while walking with the doctor. The doctor repulses the man. The latter decides upon revenge and decoys Marion to a house where with a companion to aid him he binds her. The men leave and May arrives in their absence. She is followed by the doctor a few moments later, he having traced Marion to the house. Just as the sisters are about to embrace, the counterfeiters return. Seeing the doctor one of the men shoots at him, but May interposes her body and receives the bullet in her breast. She dies just as the police break into the room. Thus, after twenty years, the sisters meet, only to part forever.
- An honest German cashier gets stuck with a fake note, part of a scheme by two crooks to pass bad money.
- The opening scenes show two young men locating a mining claim and engaging an old Indian servant. Robert Morton, one of the men, receives a letter from his uncle's attorneys informing him that Colonel Morton, the uncle, is anxious to meet him in New York that he may become better acquainted with his heir. Wilson, the other man, learns of Morton's good fortune and succeeds in intoxicating the Indian, and while in that condition bribes the redman to kill Morton, so that he (Wilson) might go east as the heir to Col. Morton. Just at the time for the fatal shot the Indian becomes conscience stricken and refuses to pull the trigger. Wild with rage, Wilson kills the Indian. Morton accuses Wilson of treachery and after a heated discussion Wilson pretends to depart, but instead climbs a cliff and loosens a boulder which he shoves over the cliff. It strikes and injures Morton. Wilson returns to the cabin, feeling sure his path is clear, and with Morton's letter safely in his possession, departs to meet Col. Morton. But young Morton is not dead. A miner revives him, but his mind remains a blank. In the meantime Wilson presents himself to Col. Morton, who never suspects the imposition. He is warmly welcomed into the colonel's home and shortly becomes engaged to Grace Cameron, the colonel's niece. During this time Morton, under the name of Carl Chandler, works his way to New York by playing upon his violin and on one occasion plays at a reception attended by Wilson and Miss Cameron. Morton's playing charms the colonel's niece and she engages him to teach her the violin. The lessons result in a growing infatuation for each other which Wilson discovers and ends by having Morton banished from the house, but neither Morton nor Wilson recognize each other's identity as Morton now wears a beard. Wilson, not satisfied with having Morton dismissed from the house, calls at Morton's s rooms and after a stormy interview shows Morton a newspaper announcement of the approaching wedding. Angry words follow and Wilson strikes Morton on the head and leaves the room. The blow brings hack Morton's reasoning power. He hurries to the home of Miss Cameron and arrives just in time to prevent the wedding.
- Dick Blank, a mountain ranger, in instructed by his chief to go into the mountains to look for counterfeiters. Arriving at the lonely peek called Mt. Oro, he comes in con tact with Mary Meadows, a mountain maid. He also meets a notorious character called "The Parson," so named on account of his peculiar and eccentric dress. He in reality is the leader of the counterfeiters. The ranger perceives and after leaving a note for the mountain lass, he departs on the trail of "The Parson," "The Parson" and his henchman capture him and an insane hunchback attempts to blow him up with powder, but the mountain maid, who is fascinated by the good-natured stranger, arrives in time to save him. The bad men pay the penalty and Blank and the mountain maid after a short courtship get married.
- Miss Lillian Howard is the queen of a clever gang of counterfeiters, who are just about completing a new bank note. The following day she receives $3,000 of the bad money, and proceeds to the race track to dispose of it, accompanied by one of the gang. They both bet heavily in order to change the bills, and after making a big haul leave the track. Before leaving the queen approaches an elderly gentleman and asks him to change a bill of a large denomination for her, which he does. He proceeds to bet this bill, and after the races, when the bookmakers discover the bad bill, the elderly gentleman is accused of floating counterfeit money, and is taken to the police station. The old man turns to one side, removes his wig and mustache, and then faces his accusers. They start, for before them stands Dick Garter, the famous detective. He informs the police captain of the incident concerning the young lady who gave him the bad bill. Dick Garter returns to his office, where he finds a letter from the chief of police, asking him to go after this band of counterfeiters, who are so clever that they have managed to escape all detection. While on the trail Dick Garter sees the queen of the counterfeiters. He follows her to the house of the crooks, but is discovered by one of the gang and trapped. He is knocked unconscious and tied up in a bag and thrown into the river. He manages to escape from the water, and after a scrap with one of the counterfeiters learns that the heads of the gang have gone for a cruise to parts unknown. He gets aboard the vessel and hides in the hold, but is discovered, bound and gagged, but he severs his bonds with a lighted candle which the counterfeiters left behind. When one of the crew comes down into the hold, the detective springs on him, forces him to change clothes, and in this manner manages to follow the queen to the hotel where she is going to reside. He disguises himself as an old handsome gentleman, and forms an acquaintance with the queen and her accomplice. He plays the part of the easy mark and manages to secure more bad bills for evidence. The three attend a concert, and at the close of the affair Dick Garter has both of them arrested.
- The counterfeiter, Golden, lives in luxury with his daughter. His partner is captured by the police and put through the "third degree," and confesses. A raid is made on Golden's plant and his men are made prisoners, but by a clever trick Golden knocks down the detective who is watching him and escapes, taking his daughter west with him. Dick Farron, of the secret service, is detailed to catch the fugitive. Golden buys a cattle ranch, and a long drought threatens his stock. Mary falls in love with Lieut. Graves and promises to marry him. Detective Farron is injured in a stagecoach accident and is rescued by Golden and his men. He accepts the hospitality of the Goldens, unaware that he is in the house of the man he is searching for. The drought has worked havoc with the Indians, and they come to the fort and demand rations, but the colonel is unable to assist them. Golden loses his cattle, and is unable to pay his men. The money for the fort payroll is sent from Washington, and the colonel is advised by wire. In desperate financial straits, Golden secures access to the money chests and substitutes counterfeits for the genuine greenbacks. The soldiers get their pay and when they try to pass the money in the town it is refused, and a big fight is started. An investigation is started, and Detective Farron discovers that Golden's men have been paid off with new ten dollar bills. Golden endeavors to destroy his plates, but is watched by Farron, who arrests Golden on the night of his daughter's wedding. Golden pleads with Farron to let him remain free until after the wedding, and the detective remains at the side of his man, watching him closely. The ceremony takes place, but before the detective can get Golden away the fort is attacked by the Indians, and a fierce struggle takes place. Golden, to save his daughter from disgrace, fights like a mad man, exposing himself again and again, and is finally struck down by an Indian bullet. The redskins are repulsed, and the detective goes away without having revealed his secret.