A porn director’s Hollywood dreams unravel under vice squad surveillance and personal chaos.
BLUE MONEY
Handsome and successful Jim appears to have it all: he's married to the beautiful and supportive Lisa, has a healthy baby, and works a cool gig as the director of hardcore porno fare. Jim's seemingly perfect life starts to fall apart when he has an extramarital fling with an actress and the local Los Angeles vice cops close in to make a bust.
Proof that sometimes the real drama happens behind the camera—and under the sheets.
Blue Money peels back the polyester curtain on early '70s LA smut, following a porn director whose American dream gets steamrolled by vice cops, sleazy distributors, and his own bad decisions. Alain Patrick stars and directs, giving us a firsthand look at the adult film world before it went mainstream. If you like your sexploitation with a heavy dose of existential dread and mustaches, this one’s for you.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Blue Money is a 1972 United States drama-thriller directed by Alain Patrick about a French-Canadian adult filmmaker whose life collapses as he is targeted by the vice squad and faces personal and professional ruin.
Synopsis
Unbeknownst to Jim, they have been under surveillance by the local police Vice Squad for being involved in making and distributing pornographic films. Everything starts to unravel for Jim: The police begin a series of raids, his "sleazy distributors" won't pay him, he has a fling with an actress, his wife takes their child and leaves him, and his creditors are seeking to seize his assets and evict him from his beach house.
It seemed like he had everything at the beginning of the film, it now looks as if he's going to be left with nothing.
It may be too late when Jim and Lisa finally realize that all they really want to do is to get on their boat, with Baby, and sail to the middle of the ocean, to get as far away from it all as they can. Just as Jim reveals to the Vice Cop.
(The uncredited role of the Vice Cop was done as a favor to director Alain Patrick by his friend Gary Kent).
Why Cult
Get an insider’s view of the adult filmmaking world in 1970s Los Angeles, complete with sleazy distributors and police raids.
This isn’t just softcore fluff—Blue Money weaves in vice squad surveillance, adultery, and a director’s crumbling home life.
Alain Patrick not only directs but stars as Jim, bringing authenticity to the role of a pornographer losing his grip.
With male and female nudity, simulated sex, and a vintage LA backdrop, the film delivers a slice of early '70s sexploitation cinema.
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What is Blue Money about? +
Blue Money follows a French-Canadian porn director in 1970s Hollywood as his life unravels due to police surveillance and personal missteps.
When was Blue Money released? +
Blue Money was released in 1972.
Who directed Blue Money? +
Blue Money was directed by Alain Patrick.
How long is Blue Money? +
Blue Money has a runtime of 93 minutes.
What genre is Blue Money? +
Blue Money is a drama-thriller with sexploitation elements.
Where can I watch Blue Money? +
Blue Money is available to stream on SassyFlix.
