Counterfeit Plan, The (1957)

Zachary Scott plays a Dimitrios-like master criminal named Max Brant and, after effecting an escape from the gallows, hides out at old buddy Mervyn Johns’ mansion. Johns is a former counterfeit engraver and he reluctantly gets roped into a new venture with Brant. Complications ensue when Johns’ daughter (very lovely Peggie Castle) arrives home and Brant’s lecherous tendencies are aroused. The picture moves well with every step of a counterfeit operation detailed and yet there is still time for some action and brutal shockers.

Zachary Scott, Peggie Castle, Mervyn Johns

1957, B&W, 80 minutes