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Blood Money (1933) [NR]

Featuring:
George Bancroft, Judith Anderson, Frances Dee

Written by:
Rowland Brown
Read Kendall

Directed by:
Rowland Brown


Release Date:
November 17, 1933

Original Title:
Blood Money

Alternate Titles:
La boule rouge

Genres:
Crime

Production Companies:
20th Century Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 65

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Overview from Open Movies

Bill Bailey (George Bancroft) is a Los Angeles, California bail bondsman who lives in a world of complete, casual corruption, where all he has to do is pick up the phone to get the charges against a client dismissed. He falls in love with a slumming socialite who bluntly and startlingly declares her sexual preferences with this immortal line: "If I could find a man who would be my master and give me a good thrashing, I'd follow him around like a dog on a leash."

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Rankings and Honors

Blood Money (1933) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes 80%

Performers

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Production

Art Direction:
Albert S. D'Agostino

Assistant Director:
Ben Silvey

Assistant Property Master:
Elmer Howard
Lee Marple

Associate Producer:
William Goetz
Raymond Griffith

Camera Operator:
Kenneth Green
Fred Bentley

Dialogue Coach:
James Light

Director:
Rowland Brown

Director of Photography:
James Van Trees

Editor:
Lloyd Nosler

Grip:
Jimmy Connelly

Hair Designer:
Ruby Felker

Makeup Artist:
Karl Herlinger

Music Director:
Alfred Newman

Producer:
Darryl F. Zanuck

Production Manager:
Ed Ebele

Props:
Julia Heron

Second Assistant Director:
Samuel G. Engel

Sound Mixer:
Bruce Rutherford

Stand In:
Kitty Alexander

Still Photographer:
Leo J. Hefferman

Stunts:
Ray Kilgore

Transportation Coordinator:
Oscar Wright

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Mickey Meyers
Andy Anderson

Writer:
Rowland Brown
Hal Long
Speed Kendall

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