Barbary Coast

1h 30m
RomanceWesternDrama
6.5

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

Miriam Hopkins
Mary 'Swan' Rutledge
Edward G. Robinson
Luis Chamalis
Joel McCrea
Jim Carmichael
Walter Brennan
Old Atrocity
Frank Craven
Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb
Brian Donlevy
Knuckles Jacoby
Clyde Cook
Oakie
Harry Carey
Jed Slocum
Matt McHugh
Broncho
Donald Meek
Sawbuck McTavish
Rollo Lloyd
Wigham
Roger Gray
Sandy Ferguson
David Niven
Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
J.M. Kerrigan
Judge Harper
Wong Chung
Ah Wing
Jim Thorpe
Janitor (uncredited)

Crew

Howard Hawks
Director
Ben Hecht
Writer
Charles MacArthur
Writer
Edward Curtiss
Editor
Ray June
Director of Photography
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Robert McIntyre
Casting
Omar Kiam
Costume Design
Frank Maher
Sound Recordist
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Richard Day
Art Direction

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