The economy of the small African country of Ghalea is threatened by a mass counterfeiting scheme directed by Walter DuBruis, one of the country's richest financier.The economy of the small African country of Ghalea is threatened by a mass counterfeiting scheme directed by Walter DuBruis, one of the country's richest financier.The economy of the small African country of Ghalea is threatened by a mass counterfeiting scheme directed by Walter DuBruis, one of the country's richest financier.
- Willy Armitage
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- Valet
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- Person on Tape
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- TriviaMr Phelps was briefed using a "Mini-tape Recorder".That same year, Philips Electronics actually produced the very first mini tape recorder in 1967, when this episode was filmed. This model eventually lead to cassette tape recorders a few years later.
- GoofsTwo scenes are presented out-of-order. As shown, DuBruis orders his counterfeiter to move up his production schedule from 6 months to 6 days because, he says, the government has advanced a deadline. The scene in which DuBruis is informed about his changed deadline is not shown until AFTER the scene with the counterfeiter.
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[first lines]
Person on Tape: [voice on tape] Good afternoon, Mr. Phelps. The man you are looking at is Walter DuBris, the most unscrupulous financier in Africa. DuBris' brokerage firm is in Ghalea, a small African nation, whose pro-Western government is the key to stability in the area. Last week, the shipment of paper used to make Ghalean currency was hijacked by this man, a counterfeiter, Raf Tagoor. We believe Tagoor has made a deal with DuBris to pass the counterfeit money, which would wreck the Ghalean economy. Because DuBris is powerful and influential, he cannot be arrested on suspicion alone. Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is to recover the paper and put DuBris out of business *permanently*. As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. Please destroy this tape in the usual manner. Good luck, Jim.
DuBruis (Brock Peters) is a government minister in the African nation of Ghalea--and he's totally corrupt. So the IM Force wants to take advantage of his greed to destroy him. Using a complicated scheme, DuBruis is convinced that some folks have a computer that can make perfect copies of the Ghalean currency. At the same time, they create a fake 'confidential news story' that a HUGE strike has been made at a copper mine. So, allowing his greed to run away with him, DuBruis plans to finance buying millions of dollars of Ambuli Copper using counterfeit funds!
Apart from seeing Barney take a life, some other things to look for in this episode is one of the very worst uses of a stunt double in TV history when Rollin is supposedly having a fight with Barney at the top of the stairs--and the guy is so obviously NOT Rollin! Another thing to not is the 'mobile computer'! While it was tiny by 1960s standards, it looks amazingly silly today--and HUGE!
If you can ignore the bad use of the stunt double, "The Money Machine" is a great episode--and I found myself laughing out loud when the show ended, as it was juicy and devilishly clever!
- planktonrules
- Apr 4, 2014
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- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA(Phelps gets his mission tape from a cigarette machine in front of the Ahmanson Center)
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