

“He's the two-fisted hero of the square mile of hell the Devil himself disowned!”
After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.

James Cagney
Bat Morgan
Lead
Margaret Lindsay
Jean Barrat

Ricardo Cortez
Paul Morra

Lili Damita
Belle Morra

Donald Woods
Charles Ford

Barton MacLane
Spider Burke

George E. Stone
Solomon "Solly" Green

Joe King
James "Jim" Daley (as Joseph King)
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lloyd Bacon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Frisco Kid is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”