Blood Money (1933)
1h 5m
Running Time
November 17, 1933Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
George Bancroft
Bill Bailey
Judith Anderson
Ruby Darling
Frances Dee
Elaine Talbart
Chick Chandler
Drury Darling
Blossom Seeley
Singer
Rowland Brown
Director
Etienne Girardot
Bail Bond Clerk
George Regas
Charley
Lucille Ball
Davy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
James Van Trees
Cinematographer
Herman Bing
Butcher Weighing Sausages (uncredited)
Lloyd Nosler
Editor
John Bleifer
Bombmaker (uncredited)
Ann Brody
Jewish Client (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Noel Francis
Red's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Henry Lewis Jr.
Jewish Client's Son (uncredited)
Nina Mae McKinney
Rebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Charley's Henchman (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Jessica (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Bradley Page
District Attorney (uncredited)
Sandra Shaw
Job Seeker (uncredited)
Kathlyn Williams
Nightclub Woman Wearing Monocle (uncredited)
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Alfred Newman
Music Director
Julia Heron
Props
Samuel G. Engel
Second Assistant Director
William Goetz
Associate Producer
Ben Silvey
Assistant Director
Raymond Griffith
Associate Producer
Hal Long
Writer
Ruby Felker
Hair Designer
Fred Bentley
Camera Operator
Ed Ebele
Production Manager
Mickey Meyers
Wardrobe Supervisor
Karl Herlinger
Makeup Artist
Speed Kendall
Writer
James Light
Dialogue Coach
Kenneth Green
Camera Operator
Andy Anderson
Wardrobe Supervisor
Bruce Rutherford
Sound Mixer
Jimmy Connelly
Grip
Elmer Howard
Assistant Property Master
Lee Marple
Assistant Property Master
Oscar Wright
Transportation Coordinator
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Blood Money is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Rowland Brown about a crooked bail bondsman named Bill Bailey, played by George Bancroft, with Chick Chandler as crime boss Drury Darling, Judith Anderson as Drury's sister and Bailey's lover, and Frances Dee as a thrill-seeking, larcenous beauty who fatefully catches Bailey's eye. The film was considered to be lost for nearly forty years before reappearing.This marked the film debut of Anderson (better known for her next role, housekeeper Mrs. Danvers in the 1940 Rebecca).