Barbary Coast
“Love was a gamble she couldn't afford to lose.”
1935•NR•1h 30m•6.4•Released
RomanceWesternDrama
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.
Director
Howard Hawks
Writer
Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Howard Hawks
Languages
English
Studio
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Cast
Miriam Hopkins
Mary 'Swan' Rutledge
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
Matt McHugh
Broncho
Donald Meek
Sawbuck McTavish
Rollo Lloyd
Wigham
Roger Gray
Sandy Ferguson
David Niven
Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
J.M. Kerrigan
Judge Harper
Production
Company
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Producer
Samuel Goldwyn
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