Blood Money

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

7.0(8)19331h 5m

Crime

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.

Director

Rowland Brown

Cast

George Bancroft

Bill Bailey

Judith Anderson

Ruby Darling

Frances Dee

Elaine Talbart

Chick Chandler

Drury Darling

Blossom Seeley

Singer

Etienne Girardot

Bail Bond Clerk

George Regas

Charley

Lucille Ball

Davy's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Herman Bing

Butcher Weighing Sausages (uncredited)

John Bleifer

Bombmaker (uncredited)

Ann Brody

Jewish Client (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Party Guest (uncredited)

Reviews

1 review

waltzma

8y ago

8.0

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 t...