The read
It runs a compact 1h 17m.
Synopsis
After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Bernhard KaunOriginal Music Composer
- Seton I. MillerScreenplay
- Warren DuffScreenplay
- Lloyd BaconDirector
Cast
- James CagneyBat Morgan
- Margaret LindsayJean Barrat
- Ricardo CortezPaul Morra
- Lili DamitaBelle Morra
- Donald WoodsCharles Ford
- Barton MacLaneSpider Burke
- George E. StoneSolomon "Solly" Green
- Joe KingJames "Jim" Daley (as Joseph King)
- Addison RichardsWilliam Coleman
- Robert McWadeJudge Stephen Crawford
- Joseph CrehanMcClanahan
- Robert StrangeGraber
Stills
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Themes
saloonsan francisco, californiatraumaromantic rivalryvicerejectionhangingtreacheryopera houseretributionrise to powerremorse