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Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast

Barbary Coast

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

Genres

RomanceWesternDrama

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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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

91 mins

Rating

6.6/10

Release Date

13 October 1935

Country

United States of America

Cast

Miriam Hopkins

Miriam Hopkins

Mary 'Swan' Rutledge

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

Luis Chamalis

Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

Jim Carmichael

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Old Atrocity

Frank Craven

Frank Craven

Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb

Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Knuckles Jacoby

Clyde Cook

Clyde Cook

Oakie

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Jed Slocum

Matt McHugh

Matt McHugh

Broncho

Donald Meek

Donald Meek

Sawbuck McTavish

Rollo Lloyd

Rollo Lloyd

Wigham

Roger Gray

Roger Gray

Sandy Ferguson

David Niven

David Niven

Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

Hank Worden

Hank Worden

Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)

J.M. Kerrigan

J.M. Kerrigan

Judge Harper

Wong Chung

Wong Chung

Ah Wing

Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe

Janitor (uncredited)

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