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19351h 31mNREnglish

Barbary Coast

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

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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.

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DirectorHoward Hawks

Keywords

san francisco, californiaroulettegambling house

Cast

Miriam Hopkins as Mary 'Swan' Rutledge

Miriam Hopkins

Mary 'Swan' Rutledge

Edward G. Robinson as Luis Chamalis

Edward G. Robinson

Luis Chamalis

Joel McCrea as Jim Carmichael

Joel McCrea

Jim Carmichael

Walter Brennan as Old Atrocity

Walter Brennan

Old Atrocity

Frank Craven as Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb

Frank Craven

Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb

Brian Donlevy as Knuckles Jacoby

Brian Donlevy

Knuckles Jacoby

Clyde Cook as Oakie

Clyde Cook

Oakie

Harry Carey as Jed Slocum

Harry Carey

Jed Slocum

Matt McHugh as Broncho

Matt McHugh

Broncho

Donald Meek as Sawbuck McTavish

Donald Meek

Sawbuck McTavish