Barbary Coast

Howard Hawks
1935-10-13

Love was a gamble she couldn't afford to lose.
6.5
91 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Miriam Hopkins Mary 'Swan' Rutledge Unowned
Edward G. Robinson Luis Chamalis Unowned
Joel McCrea Jim Carmichael Unowned
Walter Brennan Old Atrocity Unowned
Frank Craven Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb Unowned
Brian Donlevy Knuckles Jacoby Unowned
Clyde Cook Oakie Unowned
Harry Carey Jed Slocum Unowned
Matt McHugh Broncho Unowned
Donald Meek Sawbuck McTavish Unowned
Rollo Lloyd Wigham Unowned
Roger Gray Sandy Ferguson Unowned
David Niven Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited) Unowned
Hank Worden Barfly / Townsman (uncredited) Unowned
J.M. Kerrigan Judge Harper Unowned
Wong Chung Ah Wing Unowned