The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
40 audience votes
Key crew
- Howard HawksDirector
- Ben HechtWriter
- Charles MacArthurWriter
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Miriam HopkinsMary 'Swan' Rutledge
- Edward G. RobinsonLuis Chamalis
- Joel McCreaJim Carmichael
- Walter BrennanOld Atrocity
- Frank CravenCol. Marcus Aurelius Cobb
- Brian DonlevyKnuckles Jacoby
- Clyde CookOakie
- Harry CareyJed Slocum
- Matt McHughBroncho
- Donald MeekSawbuck McTavish
- Rollo LloydWigham
- Roger GraySandy Ferguson
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Themes
san francisco, californiaroulettegambling house