Money Madness (1948)

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Money Madness is a 1948 American film directed by Sam Newfield.

Steve Clark (Hugh Beaumont) rides on a Los Angeles-bound bus and gets off in a small town on the way. He first hides a large amount of cash he had been carrying in his suitcase. Then, he obtains a job, which leads him to a chance encounter with Julie Saunders (Frances Rafferty), a local woman in her twenties. Julie lives with an elderly, bitter aunt who makes her life miserable. Clark, with his charm and original outlook on life, instantly becomes a ray of sunlight for her, and they quickly marry. However, Clark soon admits to her that the marriage is part of a plan he has crafted. This plan will help him launder a large amount of ill-gotten cash. But it also involves murder and will make Julie an accessory to murder, against her own will.

Cast * Hugh Beaumont as Steve Clark * Frances Rafferty as Julie * Harlan Warde as Donald * Cecil Weston as Cora * Ida Moore as Mrs. Ferguson * Danny Morton as Rogers * Joel Friedkin as Mr. Wagner * Lane Chandler as Policeman

Directed by Sam Newfield
Produced by Sigmund Neufeld
Written by Al Martin
Starring See below
Cinematography Jack Greenhalgh
Editing by Holbrook N. Todd
Release date(s) 15 April 1948
Running time 73 minutes
Country USA
Language English

Sam Newfield (December 6, 1889 - November 10, 1964) also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American B-movie director, with over two hundred and fifty films to his credit. Because of this massive output, sometimes releasing nearly twenty movies in a single year, he has been called the most prolific director of the sound era.

Most of Newfield's movies were created for PRC Pictures. This was a film production company that he operated in association with his brother Sigmund Neufeld. The films they produced were mostly low budget productions, the majority being westerns, with an occasional horror film or crime drama.

Eugene Hugh Beaumont (February 16, 1909 -- May 14, 1982) was an American actor and television director. He was also licensed to preach by the Methodist church. Beaumont is best known for his portrayal of Ward Cleaver, the husband of June Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley) and the father of Wally (Tony Dow) and Beaver (Jerry Mathers) on the television series, Leave It to Beaver (1957--1963).

Frances Rafferty (June 16, 1922 -- April 18, 2004) was an American actress, dancer, World War II pin-up girl and MGM contract star.

Frances Anne Rafferty was born in Sioux City, Iowa, the daughter of Maxwell Lewis Rafftery, Snr. (born about 1887), and Deetta C Rafferty (born about 1892), the younger sister of Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (May 9, 1917, in New Orleans, Louisiana -- June 13, 1982, in Alabama). At the age of nine she moved with her family to Los Angeles, California. At a young age she studied dancing, and her physical attributes and dancing skills led to work in the film industry.

Signed by MGM Studios, Frances made her film debut in 1942. She appeared in minor and secondary roles, and although she had a part in the 1944 film Dragon Seed with Katharine Hepburn and Walter Huston, her significant parts were limited almost exclusively to "B" movies. Her only leading role likely to be seen on TV is in Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945).

During World War II she was a volunteer pin-up girl for YANK magazine, a publication for the soldiers of the United States military.

In the 1950s, Rafferty turned to acting in network television shows. From 1954 to 1959, she appeared as Ruth Ruskin Henshaw in all 111 episodes of the Desilu Studios sitcom on CBS, December Bride, with co-stars Spring Byington as her mother, Lily Ruskin, and Dean Miller as her husband, Matt Henshaw.

Rafferty also appeared in a number of different television programs throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and after retiring in 1965 made one final appearance in a 1977 episode of Karl Malden's ABC series, The Streets of San Francisco.

She was married to John Harlan from 1944 until their divorce in 1947. In 1948 she married Thomas R. Baker, and together they had two children. Following her retirement from acting, Rafferty and her husband operated a ranch where they bred and raised quarter horses.

Frances Rafferty died in 2004 in Paso Robles, California.

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[TheParanormalpunk]

i LOVEold shows :))) !!HATE new ones today its all bull >:(

[35westst]

Oh that's wonderful, will wait in eager anticipation. You are so kind to annouince your intentions to a devoted public.

[davidlanham99]

I never trusted that guy.

[grendel963]

Ward's a real bastard in this one. No wonder June always looked so worried:)

[grendel963]

It sure went to Hugh's head when somebody told him he looks nice in a suit. He even wears it when he drives a cab.

[irish89055]

swingin music to die by.... sorry Ward... B movie eh..

[yocuzz100]

Holy smokes, It's Mr. Beaver! Now I finally get to find out what he did for a living.

[tacticalbattledroid]

@tacticalbattledroid well thanks to 35westst for reminding me to watch this film and i see how much things have changed in the years ';-)

[cleopatrabonz]

this woman was so weak and needy that's why he took advantage of her. boy was she sickening...

[toddcharry]

He was a good crook, no Ward Cleaver thats for sure.

[kytchynsync]

i notice "the slap" isedited out at 43:40 . good film . thanks