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Barbary Coast (1935)

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Love was a gamble she couldn't afford to lose.

Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Luis Chamalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s. She falls in love with miner Jim Carmichael and takes his gold dust at the wheel. She goes after him, Chamalis goes after her with intent to harm Carmichael.

Cast & Crew

Director
Howard Hawks
  • Profile picture of Miriam Hopkins
    Mary 'Swan' Rutledge Miriam Hopkins
  • Profile picture of Edward G. Robinson
    Luis Chamalis Edward G. Robinson
  • Profile picture of Joel McCrea
    Jim Carmichael Joel McCrea
  • Profile picture of Walter Brennan
    Old Atrocity Walter Brennan
  • Profile picture of Frank Craven
    Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb Frank Craven
  • Profile picture of Brian Donlevy
    Knuckles Jacoby Brian Donlevy
  • Profile picture of Clyde Cook
    Oakie Clyde Cook
  • Profile picture of Harry Carey
    Jed Slocum Harry Carey

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Keywords

  • san francisco, california
  • roulette
  • gambling house