Blood Money

Nov 17, 1933

1h 5m

★ 7.0

The Law Got Them In! But He Got Them Out!

Overview

The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work, crosses paths with every kind of offender there is, from first-time defendants to career criminals.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

20th Century Pictures

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Cast

Bill Bailey

George Bancroft

Ruby Darling

Judith Anderson

Elaine Talbart

Frances Dee

Drury Darling

Chick Chandler

Singer

Blossom Seeley

Bail Bond Clerk

Etienne Girardot

Charley

George Regas

Davy's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Lucille Ball

Butcher Weighing Sausages (uncredited)

Herman Bing

Bombmaker (uncredited)

John Bleifer

Jewish Client (uncredited)

Ann Brody

Party Guest (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

8.1

M

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5.9

The Beast of the City

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Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his own corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.

5.9

Parole Girl

Mar 4, 1933

A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.

6.7

The Big House

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Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

5.3

Framed

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Rose Manning swears revenge for the unjust slaying of her father by Inspector McArthur. Five years later, as a nightclub hostess, she is sought by Chuck Gaines, secretly a bootlegger, but she centers her attentions on young Jimmy Carter, who, she learns, is the son of McArthur.

7.8

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

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A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

6.2

City Streets

Apr 18, 1931

A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.

6.1

Private Detective 62

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A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.

6.4

The Maltese Falcon

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5.8

The Secret Six

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5.8

Behind the Mask

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A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.

7.0

Manhattan Melodrama

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The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

6.1

Murders in the Rue Morgue

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6.2

Mata Hari

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5.9

Murders in the Zoo

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Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a fundraising gala, Gorman sees a prime opportunity to dispatch the dashing Roger and anyone else who might cross him.