Barbary Coast (1935)

  • NR
  • 10/13/1935 (US)
  • Romance, Western, Drama
  • 1h 31m

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.

Howard Hawks

Director

Charles MacArthur

Writer

Ben Hecht

Writer

Cast

Miriam Hopkins's headshot

Miriam Hopkins

Mary 'Swan' Rutledge
Edward G. Robinson's headshot

Edward G. Robinson

Luis Chamalis
Joel McCrea's headshot

Joel McCrea

Jim Carmichael
Walter Brennan's headshot

Walter Brennan

Old Atrocity
Frank Craven's headshot

Frank Craven

Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb
Brian Donlevy's headshot

Brian Donlevy

Knuckles Jacoby
Clyde Cook's headshot

Clyde Cook

Oakie
Harry Carey's headshot

Harry Carey

Jed Slocum

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