$1000 bills in movies and on television

This looks like an interesting television program:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, "Services Rendered", broadcast 1961
A man can't remember who he is, but has a $1000 bill and an address of a doctor.

 

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In the old TV Maverick series [1957-1962] Brett always carried a $1000 bill - just in case he needed it. In the old west, $1000 was a lot - same as ten to twenty thousand purchasing power today.

 

A cable channel ran the 1961 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television program episode titled "Services Rendered" which features a $1000 bill as part of the story.

A man walking on the sidewalk is hit on the head by a falling board from a construction site. He claims to be all right and heads for a bar accompanied by another man.

At the bar he discovers that he has amnesia and can not remember who he is. He buys drinks and then discovers that he has no wallet but has a $1000 bill and a note with a doctor's address.

Here are two pictures of the bill:


The bill


The bill

The bartender refuses the $1000 bill and throws the man out.

The man heads for the doctor's office and the doctor looks him over and tells him his amnesia is temporary and that soon he will be all right.

The episode has a predictable ending.

 

Well's Fargo Bank requires a drivers license for any cash deposits.

 

Monty Hall used to have $500 and I think maybe $1000 notes on the game show "Let's Make a Deal" back in the 60s

 

A couple of very recognizable actors, if not their names. Does anyone remember the short-lived series, "The Millionaire" circa late 50s...? About an anonymous businessman...representing a philanthropist/benefactor sort...who shows up at a different house each week giving away a million dollars ("tax-fee" I seem to recall) to someone in need (always someone in need)...and what they do with it, how it effects them, etc. No bills on camera but talking money reminded me, it's one of the more obscure shows that few remember.

 

i remember watching game shows with my grandmother, and seeing people get paid in 500 dollar and 1k bills all the time, i guess the way they did it was they would count out the money (on tv) and hand it to them, but when they left they had to give it back and take a check, ,,as the bills were recirculated in another "win" and they were scarce at the time (mid 70's_)

 

b/t/w they also had 10,000 and 100,000 dollar bills, these were used the same as wiring money nowadays, interbank...payments and such

 

I’m sure this much $$$ is nothing for most of you guys, but it was really cool for me. I bought my current car (used Prius) from a dealership. After we agreed on everything about the car we walked back inside (you talk about the car outside ... you talk about the $$$ inside). The sales-guy went to get the $$$-guy and I laid this out on his table. They came back and the car-guy stops and says “What’s this?”. My answer was “Five(5) stacks ... out the door.”. “Stacks" seemed to be the current phrase on TV cop shows at the time and I just thought it was cool and wanted to say it. The $$$-guy laughed and thought about it for a second, picked up the $$$ and said he was going to get the paperwork.

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I would have tried to charge it to a rewards card to get the points/mileage/rewards. Then go to the bank, deposit the cash, make the payment to bring the card balance to zero.

The only issue I've had executing this scenario is the dealership sometimes limiting the amount they'll accept on a credit card. Some have limits of $2,500 others I've been ok up to $5,000. Others somewhere in between. Either way you get some of your purchase price back in some type of reward. Always worth asking.

 

"The Millionaire" 's benefactor was John Baresford(sp?) Tipton or something like that. I really enjoyed it when the person cashed the certified check and the money was in a dufflebag. He and his wife fought over the money and finally, they threw the dufflebag into a furnace. I don't remember that ending, but it was my favorite.