The Barbary Coast

• Director: Bill Bixby
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• Genre: Western
• Movie Type: Hybrid Western, Detective Film
• Main Cast: Michael Ansara, Dennis Cole, Lynda Day George, William Shatner
• Release Year: 1974
• Country: US
• Run Time: 100 minutes

Plot

The made-for-TV Barbary Coast is a tongue-in-cheek western in the Maverick tradition, produced by a former writer-director of that series, Douglas Heyes. Dennis Cole plays Cash Conover, a San Francisco saloonkeeper of the 1870s. William Shatner co-stars as Jeff Cable, an undercover policeman who works hand in glove with Conover to fight crime on the Coast. Conover and Cable team up with the lovely Cleo (Lynda Day George) to tackle a vicious mob, headed by one Diamond Jack Bannister (Michael Ansara). Throwing a bit of Wild Wild West into the stew, Cable pops up from time to time wearing disguises and sporting outrageous accents. First telecast May 4, 1975, Barbary Coast was the pilot for the short-lived TV series of the same name. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Charles Aidman - Lieutenant Tully; Michael Ansara - Diamond Jack Bassiter; Neville Brand - Florrie Roscoe; Dennis Cole - Cash Conover; Lynda Day George - Clio du Bois; Leo Gordon - Chief Keogh; Richard Kiel - Moose Moran; Lidia Kristen - Marie; Terry Lester - Bret Hollister; Todd Martin - Gibbon; John Vernon - Templar; Byron Webster - Mr. Speece; Bill Bixby - Despard; William Shatner - Jeff Cable; Bob Hoy - Sergeant Hatch; Charlie Picerni - Drunken Sailor; Bobbi Jordan - Flame; Michael Carr - Mace

Credit

Guy C. Verhille - Costume Designer, Bill Bixby - Director, John Andrew Tartaglia - Composer (Music Score), Robert B. Hauser - Cinematographer, Douglas Heyes - Producer, Douglas Heyes - Screenwriter

Similar Movies

Maverick; Wild Wild West