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30 November 1935 (USA)
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Bat Morgan is nearly shanghaied on his way to the gold fields of California. Instead he kills Shanghai...
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Gambling
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Murder
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Saloon
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San Francisco
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Barbary Coast
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| James Cagney | ... | Bat Morgan | |
| Margaret Lindsay | ... | Jean Barrat | |
| Ricardo Cortez | ... | Paul Morra | |
| Lili Damita | ... | Belle Morra | |
| Donald Woods | ... | Charles Ford | |
| Barton MacLane | ... | Spikder Burke | |
| George E. Stone | ... | Solly Green | |
| Joe King | ... | James Daley (as Joseph King) | |
| Addison Richards | ... | William T. Coleman | |
| Robert McWade | ... | Judge Stephen Crawford | |
| Joseph Crehan | ... | McClanahan | |
| Robert Strange | ... | Graber | |
| Joe Sawyer | ... | Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer) | |
| Fred Kohler | ... | Shanghai Duck | |
| Edward McWade | ... | Tupper |
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77 min (Turner library print)
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Referenced in My Wicked, Wicked Ways... The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985) (TV)
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A Life on the Ocean Wave
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Frisco Kid (1935)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
The Barbary Coast in San Francisco is the setting in this story of Bat Morgan (James Cagney), the man who would become the countries first racketeer. This is a decent little film but there's not enough energy to keep things moving as well as it should. Cagney, with a funky little haircut, is in good form but this is certainly not one of his greatest roles. The supporting cast is in good form and includes Margaret Lindsay, Ricardo Cortez, Donald Woods and George E. Stone. Cortez steals the show as the top guy in town but Stone adds some very good comic relief as Cagney's buddy. The highlight of the film is a terrific fight sequence between Cagney and a large man with a hook for a hand. The final twenty minutes deal with the city getting tired of the thugs and deciding to take the law into its own hands. We get another mob scene where they want to hang the bad men and this here is where the film should have taken off but things stay pretty bland and never get too exciting.