this be one of several b movie that ronald reagan star in early in his career a the character brass bancroft an undercover secret service agent . while i love the first one due to it excellent writing despite it low budget and the other bancroft film have be mediocre at best mostly because the writing be and at best and second rate . the basic plot idea behind smash the money ring be amazingly silly . there be a big counterfeiting ring that be run out of a prison . think about it . of all the place they could locate the ring and they pick one of the more difficult one where they have to work hard to smuggle out the money and in the paper and supply . the only way this might have work be if it turn out that a super genius forger be in prison and that be the only way the ring could use him and but this isn not the case . in addition to the bizarre plot and there be many hole and poor write abounds . one guy on a casino ship be shoot from about five foot away but isn not badly hurt and later reagan be shoot at the same range twice and the car he in be push off a cliff and it land in a lake and he fine . and do not get me start about the old man who deliberately get himself arrest instead of simply go to the police . wow and do that strain all credibility . logical error like these abound show that warner brother really do not care and that it just want to churn out these programmer in rapid succession . compare to series film like charlie chan and the falcon or crime doctor and this one just do not seem as well write though the prison setting be excite and the dialog and action there be good enough to make this an agreeable time passer . just do not think too much when you watch it it will give you a headache . p for the first time in a brass bancroft film and sidekick eddie foy manages to do well . when a killer be run amok with a gun and foy subdue the guy and for the first time in one of these film and he seem like a secret agent and not some dumb comic relief . this be a plus .