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Crime

Blood Money

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

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.

Release Date : 1933-11-17

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

George Bancroft

Character Name : Bill Bailey

Original Name : George Bancroft

Gender : Male

Judith Anderson

Character Name : Ruby Darling

Original Name : Judith Anderson

Gender : Female

Frances Dee

Character Name : Elaine Talbart

Original Name : Frances Dee

Gender : Female

Chick Chandler

Character Name : Drury Darling

Original Name : Chick Chandler

Gender : Male

Blossom Seeley

Character Name : Singer

Original Name : Blossom Seeley

Gender : Female

Etienne Girardot

Character Name : Bail Bond Clerk

Original Name : Etienne Girardot

Gender : Male

George Regas

Character Name : Charley

Original Name : George Regas

Gender : Male

Lucille Ball

Character Name : Davy's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Original Name : Lucille Ball

Gender : Female

Herman Bing

Character Name : Butcher Weighing Sausages (uncredited)

Original Name : Herman Bing

Gender : Male

John Bleifer

Character Name : Bombmaker (uncredited)

Original Name : John Bleifer

Gender : Male

Ann Brody

Character Name : Jewish Client (uncredited)

Original Name : Ann Brody

Gender : Female

Bess Flowers

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Bess Flowers

Gender : Female

Noel Francis

Character Name : Red's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Original Name : Noel Francis

Gender : Female

Henry Lewis Jr.

Character Name : Jewish Client's Son (uncredited)

Original Name : Henry Lewis Jr.

Gender : Male

Nina Mae McKinney

Character Name : Rebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)

Original Name : Nina Mae McKinney

Gender : Female

Bert Moorhouse

Character Name : Charley's Henchman (uncredited)

Original Name : Bert Moorhouse

Gender : Male

Theresa Harris

Character Name : Jessica (uncredited)

Original Name : Theresa Harris

Gender : Female

Henry Kolker

Character Name : Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)

Original Name : Henry Kolker

Gender : Male

Dennis O'Keefe

Character Name : Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Dennis O'Keefe

Gender : Male

Bradley Page

Character Name : District Attorney (uncredited)

Original Name : Bradley Page

Gender : Male

Sandra Shaw

Character Name : Job Seeker (uncredited)

Original Name : Sandra Shaw

Gender : Female

Kathlyn Williams

Character Name : Nightclub Woman Wearing Monocle (uncredited)

Original Name : Kathlyn Williams

Gender : Female

Reviews

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waltzma

@waltzma

2021-06-23

This is a saucy pre-code melodrama that deserves cult status. Bail bondsman George Bancroft is known all throughout New York City and encounters people from every scrape of society in this pre-code crime drama. But he's going to need every ounce of street-smarts when he strikes up an acquaintance with kleptomaniac Frances Dee, a woman with a rather animistic sexual appetite. Judith Anderson gets to display a rare glamorous side here as the nightclub hostess obviously in love with Bancroft, with her famous mole darkened into a beauty spot. Dee gives Bancroft several looks that It's nice to see her playing a softer character. This is a fast-moving programmer, made on a dime, but not showing it. Quick edits, snappy photography and dialog, nice musical interludes by Blossom Seeley (singing such standards as "Melancholy Baby"), and a side of seedy New York sung about in the same year's "42nd Street" diluted in most movies. There's hints about lesbianism in addition to Dee's whacked-out libido. Tons of familiar character actors pop in and out, most notably Etienne Girardot, Chick Chandler (as Anderson's gangster brother), Clarence Wilson and Edward Van Sloan. There's even a very young Lucille Ball in a quick appearance! An exciting dog racing sequence is one of the film's visual highlights, and the finale is downright suspenseful, like something Hitchcock might do.