Flame of Barbary Coast
Romance
Western
The brawling, colorful story of the queen of hearts and the ace of gamblers... with a shock climax such as the screen has never known!
Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito Morell, goes home, learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a fortune, he opens his own place with Flaxen as the entertainer; but the 1906 quake destroys his place.
1945-05-28
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Cast
Director
Joseph Kane
John Wayne as Duke Fergus
Ann Dvorak as Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry
Joseph Schildkraut as Boss Tito Morell
William Frawley as Wolf Wylie
Virginia Grey as Rita Dane
Russell Hicks as Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
Jack Norton as Byline Conners, Reporter San Francisco Star
Paul Fix as Calico Jim
Marc Lawrence as Joe Disko, Gambler
Butterfly McQueen as Beulah, Flaxen's Maid
Rex Lease as Collingswood
Hank Bell as Hank
Eddie Acuff as Smokey, the Train Engineer (uncredited)
Gino Corrado as Waiter (uncredited)
Kenne Duncan as Gambler (uncredited)
Bud Geary as Henchman (uncredited)
Frank Hagney as Morell Henchman (uncredited)
Adele Mara as Marie (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall as Gambler (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg as Townsman
Dorothy Christy as Mother Bronson
Edmund Cobb as Townsman
Jack Gargan as Bartender
William Halligan as Tom Buckman
Stuart Hamblen as Jud McCone
Chuck Hamilton as Barfly
Mahlon Hamilton as Mr. Santer
Michael Jeffers as Whit Calverty
Patricia Knox as Dancehall Girl
Tom London as Thompson, Townsman in Mob
Philo McCullough as Gambler
Jack O'Shea as Barnes, the Dice Table Croupier
Bud Osborne as Bartender
Eddie Parker as Pedestrian
Victor Potel as Train Fireman
Hugh Prosser as Fred Mallen
Joe Rickson as Dealer
Lee Shumway as Casey
Larry Steers as Gambler
Charles Sullivan as Calico Jim's Bartender
Emmett Vogan as Gleason, Rita's Agent
Larry Wheat as Barfly