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Barbary Coast( 1935)

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

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Miriam Hopkins

      Mary 'Swan' Rutledge

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      Edward G. Robinson

      Luis Chamalis

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      Joel McCrea

      Jim Carmichael

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      Walter Brennan

      Old Atrocity

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      Frank Craven

      Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb

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      Brian Donlevy

      Knuckles Jacoby

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      Clyde Cook

      Oakie

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      Harry Carey

      Jed Slocum

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      Matt McHugh

      Broncho

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      Donald Meek

      Sawbuck McTavish

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      Rollo Lloyd

      Wigham

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      Roger Gray

      Sandy Ferguson

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      David Niven

      Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

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      Hank Worden

      Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)

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      J.M. Kerrigan

      Judge Harper

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      Wong Chung

      Ah Wing

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jun 19 2022
    It's quite interesting to see Edward G Robinson ("Louis Chamalis") in this period melodrama sets in a largely lawless San Francisco of the 1850s, but charismatic as he certainly is - even with his coiffured hair and frilly shirts - he cannot really raise this mediocre effort. Miriam Hopkins is "Swan" - a woman who arrives from New York to marry a miner who has fallen foul of the drink/gambling and gunmen. Determined to stay, she alights on the local casino owner (Robinson) and is soon part of the fabric of his place. When one day she goes riding and gets caught in a storm, she shelters with the...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • san francisco, california
    • roulette
    • gambling house