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Barbary Coast

  • 19351935
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 31m
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Edward G. Robinson, Miriam Hopkins, and Joel McCrea in Barbary Coast (1935)
AdventureDramaRomance
Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiance dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Louis Charnalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s.Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiance dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Louis Charnalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s.Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiance dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Louis Charnalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
1.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
45,099
4,070
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    • Directors
      • Howard Hawks
      • William Wyler(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht(screen play)
      • Charles MacArthur(screen play)
      • Edward Chodorov(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Miriam Hopkins
      • Edward G. Robinson
      • Joel McCrea
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    • Directors
      • Howard Hawks
      • William Wyler(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht(screen play)
      • Charles MacArthur(screen play)
      • Edward Chodorov(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Miriam Hopkins
      • Edward G. Robinson
      • Joel McCrea
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    • 34User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Edward G. Robinson and Miriam Hopkins in Barbary Coast (1935)
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    Miriam Hopkins
    Miriam Hopkins
    • Mary 'Swan' Rutledge
    Edward G. Robinson
    Edward G. Robinson
    • Luis Chamalis
    Joel McCrea
    Joel McCrea
    • Jim Carmichael
    Walter Brennan
    Walter Brennan
    • Old Atrocity
    Frank Craven
    Frank Craven
    • Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb
    Brian Donlevy
    Brian Donlevy
    • Knuckles Jacoby
    Clyde Cook
    Clyde Cook
    • Oakie
    Harry Carey
    Harry Carey
    • Jed Slocum
    Matt McHugh
    Matt McHugh
    • Broncho
    Donald Meek
    Donald Meek
    • Sawbuck McTavish
    Rollo Lloyd
    Rollo Lloyd
    • Wigham
    J.M. Kerrigan
    J.M. Kerrigan
    • Judge Harper
    Roger Gray
    Roger Gray
    • Sandy Ferguson
    C.E. Anderson
    C.E. Anderson
    • Vigilante
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Benson
    • Boat Passenger
    • (uncredited)
    Herman Bing
    Herman Bing
    • Fish Peddler
    • (uncredited)
    Sven Hugo Borg
    Sven Hugo Borg
    • Sailor
    • (uncredited)
    Nina Campana
    • Mexican Woman
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Howard Hawks
      • William Wyler(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht(screen play)
      • Charles MacArthur(screen play)
      • Edward Chodorov(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      There were constant struggles between Miriam Hopkins and Edward G. Robinson during the shooting of the movie. She constantly changed her lines and tried to upstage and unsettle Robinson's performance. After two weeks they had to shoot a scene where Robinson had to slap his co-star. He did just that, but put such force in it that she fell to the ground. After a pause the crew began to cheer, fed up as they were with Hopkins' antics.
    • Quotes

      Mary 'Swan' Rutledge: I see a lot of fog and a few lights. I like when life's hidden. Gives you a chance to imagine nice things. Nicer than they are.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: Gold

      Out of California in 1849 came the cry that lured the adventurous from the four corners of the earth.

      Over the Rockies in covered wagons they came, and around the Horn in square-rigged ships.
    • Connections
      Edited into Catalogue of Ships (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Oh, Susanna
      (uncredited)

      Written by Stephen Foster

    User reviews34

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    7/10
    Entertaining if melodramatic
    During the gold rush, Robinson runs San Francisco like a mafia boss. Enter Hopkins as a gold-digging young lady, who apparently is just about the only white woman in the whole city, given how the men react to her. The familiar cast also includes McCrea as an earnest young prospector, Donlevy as Robinson's hatchet man, and Brennan as an old guy named "Old Atrocity." Entertaining film has a decent story but is marred by acting that is either wooden or melodramatic, with Hopkins particularly guilty of the latter. It's fun watching Robinson play the heavy. Hawks does a nice job of evoking foggy San Francisco of a bygone era.
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    • Release date
      • December 27, 1935 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Port of Wickedness
    • Filming locations
      • Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Samuel Goldwyn Productions
      • The Samuel Goldwyn Company
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    • Budget
      • $778,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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