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

A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. The only witness to the crime has also been 'rubbed out'. Only one man, the keen, fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to figure out who is the killer.

5.3

Search for Beauty

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Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.

6.3

Who Killed Teddy Bear?

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A grim police detective embarks on a one-man crusade to track down a depraved sex maniac when a nightclub deejay receives a disturbing series of obscene phone calls. Finding himself getting far too close to the victim for comfort, the hard-boiled cop must track down the unbalanced pervert before he can carry out his sick threats.

4.9

The Racketeer

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6.0

Afraid to Talk

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Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.

6.3

Jimmy the Gent

Mar 9, 1934

An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.

5.6

The Big Shakedown

Jan 6, 1934

Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.

6.8

Midnight Mary

Jun 30, 1933

While on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with the men who brought her to this current state of affairs.

4.3

The World Gone Mad

Apr 15, 1933

A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud.

5.6

She Loves Me Not

Aug 31, 1934

A cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student.

6.4

Secrets of the French Police

Dec 2, 1932

When a flower girl is kidnapped by a deranged White Russian, to impersonate the missing Princess Anastasia Romanoff while under his hypnotic spell, the French police attempt to solve the case with forensic method and the aide of a gentleman thief.

6.5

Clear All Wires!

Feb 24, 1933

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being rescued from his alleged kidnappers, he finds that his boss, Stevens, at the Chicago Globe is going with his old gal Dolly. When Stevens learns that Dolly is staying with Buckley in Moscow, he fires Buckley. To get his job back, Buckley and Lefty stage a great news story about the shooting of the last Romanoff, but the plan backfires and they are now in line to be shot by the Commissar.

5.0

Are You Listening?

Mar 21, 1932

WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and sponsors smiling. But one sponsor, a producer of plumbing supplies, isn’t happy. So WBLA scriptwriter Bill Grimes is bounced from his job, setting in motion this movie’s turn from comedic to darkly tragic. William Haines, two years removed from being Tinseltown’s top male star, plays Grimes in a melodrama noted for its glimpses of live radio production and for a Depression-era ethos that includes peroxide cuties eager to land a job, a sugar daddy or both.

5.5

Only Saps Work

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Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramount's Only Saps Work. Based on a play by Owen Davis Sr., the film casts Errol as James Wilson, a kleptomaniac who starts with picking pockets and ends up robbing a bank. Wilson's friend Lawrence Payne (Richard Arlen) inadvertently aids our hero during one of his heists, ending up in deep doo-doo with the law. Before Wilson is able to extricate Payne from his dilemma for the sake of heroine Barbara Tanner (Mary Brian), he pauses long enough to pose as a private eye -- and even gives bellboy Oscar (Stu Erwin) tips on how to spot a crook! If only all of Leon Errol's feature films had been as consistently hilarious as Only Saps Work.

4.0

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A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tumultuous past isn't done with her yet.