The Case of the Hot Money
- Episode aired Oct 9, 1950
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Competent Early Television Episode
The Case Of The Hot Money is an intense, extreme well acted entry of the pioneer TV series Treasury Men In Action. This is a dramatic episode in which the crime is a major factor in the drama itself rather than a by the numbers police procedural series of the Dragnet and Racket Squad kind, which feature as much talk as action, with minimal character development.
Hot Money is about some inmates in a California penitentiary, focusing mainly on the print shop and the men who work there, one of whom, a young man, is working on a counterfeiting scheme, another, middle aged and weary, and waiting anxiously for release, and eager to see his children.
If the acting, writing and directing had been less skillful this mightn't have been such a compelling episode, and yet it is one; and while a mere half-hour in length, it covers enough territory psychologically for a feature film, albeit a low budget one.
Overall, Treasury Men is a way above average show, with as much emphasis on emotion as action, and while a product of a much earlier time, it doesn't feel too quaint or dated, and should play well for those with a taste for crime films and Noirs.
Hot Money is about some inmates in a California penitentiary, focusing mainly on the print shop and the men who work there, one of whom, a young man, is working on a counterfeiting scheme, another, middle aged and weary, and waiting anxiously for release, and eager to see his children.
If the acting, writing and directing had been less skillful this mightn't have been such a compelling episode, and yet it is one; and while a mere half-hour in length, it covers enough territory psychologically for a feature film, albeit a low budget one.
Overall, Treasury Men is a way above average show, with as much emphasis on emotion as action, and while a product of a much earlier time, it doesn't feel too quaint or dated, and should play well for those with a taste for crime films and Noirs.
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