Blue Money (1972)

Director
Alain Patrick

Main cast
Alain Patrick; Barbara Mills; Inga Maria; Jeff Gall; Oliver Aubrey

Genres
Thriller

Description
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


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