Blood Money

Nov 17, 1933

1h 5m

★ 7.1

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.

5.3

Framed

Mar 16, 1930

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

Nov 9, 1932

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.

6.3

City Streets

Apr 18, 1931

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

6.0

Traveling Husbands

Aug 15, 1931

A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.

5.3

The Devil Is Driving

Dec 9, 1932

Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when his brother-in-law helps get him a job as a mechanic. Not realizing the garage he works for is actually a front for a stolen car ring, Gabby soon finds himself mixed up in both murder and a liaison with the boss's girl.

7.4

Scarface

Apr 9, 1932

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

6.3

Shooting Straight

Jul 20, 1930

A gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.

7.5

Kick In

May 22, 1931

Chick Hewes is released from prison and finds work as an accountant. Two years later, Chick's crooked friend, Benny LaMarr, to whom he is indebted for past kindnesses, steals a diamond necklace from the home safe of the district attorney. When the district attorney threatens to accuse the police of inefficiency in crime fighting, Garvey, who is campaigning for the office of police commissioner, promises to catch the thief in twenty-four hours.

7.5

The Thin Man

May 25, 1934

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

0.0

Kleptomaniac

Aug 13, 2023

A short film about a young thief who had recently stole a bag with unknown contents. Can they resist the urge to open the bag?

6.8

Smart Money

Jun 11, 1931

Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.

5.7

Thunderbolt

Jun 20, 1929

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.

6.9

Little Caesar

Jan 25, 1931

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

5.5

The Sin of Nora Moran

Dec 13, 1933

Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves.

6.9

The Little Giant

May 20, 1933

Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.

6.5

The Story of Temple Drake

May 6, 1933

The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence, and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.

5.9

The Unholy Three

Jul 12, 1930

A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.

5.8

Behind the Mask

Feb 25, 1932

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

6.4

The Maltese Falcon

May 23, 1931

A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.