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Barbary Coast
“Love was a gamble she couldn't afford to lose.”
6.4 / 10• 1935• 1h 30m•NR• English
RomanceWesternDrama
Storyline
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
Miriam Hopkins
Mary 'Swan' Rutledge
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Howard Hawks's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Barbary Coast is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
