Flame of the Barbary Coast

• Director: Joseph Kane
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• Genre: Adventure
• Movie Type: Romantic Drama, Modern Western
• Themes: Forces of Nature, Gambling, Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance
• Release Year: 1945
• Country: US
• Run Time: 91 minutes

Plot

In this western, a Montana cattle rancher travels to San Francisco's notorious Barbary Coast and ends up falling in love with a dance hall girl who helps him win big at the gaming tables. Unfortunately, a card sharp takes it all from the innocent rube. The dance hall girl is also involved with the sharper. This western chronicles the way in which the rancher gets his revenge and wins back the love of the woman. The great earthquake of 1906 provides the story's climax. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Hank Bell - Cabby; Ann Dvorak - Flaxen Tarry; Paul Fix - Calico Jim; William Frawley - Smooth Wylie; Virginia Grey - Rita Dane; Russell Hicks - Cyrus Danver; Manart Kippen - Dr. Gorman; Rex Lease - Headwaiter; Eve Lynne - Martha; Adele Mara - Marie; Butterfly McQueen - Beulah; Al Murphy - Horseshoe Brown; Jack Norton - Byline Conners; Joseph Schildkraut - Tito Morell; Emmett Vogan - Rita's Agent; Marc Lawrence - Disko; John Wayne - Duke Fergus

Credit

Gano Chittenden - Art Director, Larry Ceballos - Choreography, Joseph Kane - Director, Richard Van Enger - Editor, Morton Scott - Composer (Music Score), Morton Scott - Musical Direction/Supervision, Jack Elliott - Songwriter, Robert de Grasse - Cinematographer, Joseph Kane - Producer, Howard Lydecker - Special Effects, Theodore Lydecker - Special Effects, Prescott Chaplin - Screen Story, Borden Chase - Screenwriter