Summary
Flame of Barbary Coast is an American western first released in 1945,
directed by Joseph Kane.
The film stars John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut, William Frawley and Virginia Grey.
It has also been released under the title: Flame of the Barbary Coast.
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Credits
- Director: Joseph Kane
- Script: Borden Chase, Prescott Chaplin
- Photo: Robert De Grasse
- Music: R. Dale Butts, Mort Glickman
- Cast: John Wayne (Duke Fergus), Ann Dvorak (Ann ’Flaxen’ Tarry), Joseph Schildkraut (Boss Tito Morell), William Frawley (Wolf Wylie), Virginia Grey (Rita Dane), Russell Hicks (Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star), Jack Norton (Byline Conners, Reporter San Francisco Star), Paul Fix (Calico Jim), Manart Kippen (Dr. Gorman), Eve Lynne (Martha, Morell’s Secretary), Marc Lawrence (Joe Disko, Gambler), Butterfly McQueen (Beulah, Flaxen’s Maid), Rex Lease (Collingswood, headwaiter), Hank Bell (Hank, cabby), Al Murphy (Horseshoe Brown), Eddie Acuff (Smokey, the Train Engineer), Doc Adams (Barfly), Melva Anstead (Dancehall Girl), George Boyce (Specialty Dancer), Roy Butler (Telephone Man), Dorothy Christy (Mother Bronson), Edmund Cobb (Townsman), Gino Corrado (Waiter), Kenne Duncan (Gambler), Joe Evans (Specialty Dancer), Jack Gargan (Bartender), Bud Geary (Henchman), Frank Hagney (Morell Henchman), William Halligan (Tom Buckman), Stuart Hamblen (Jud McCone), Chuck Hamilton (Barfly), Frank Jaquet (Prominent Citizen), Willie Keeler (Barfly), Patricia Knox (Dancehall Girl), Tom London (Thompson, Townsman in Mob), Adele Mara (Marie), Charles Marsh (Speaker), Frankie Marvin (Cowboy), Frank McCarroll (Attendant), Philo McCullough (Bit Role), Pat McKee (Barfly), Jack Mulhall (Gambler), William J. O’Brien (Waiter), Bud Osborne (Bartender), Jack O’Shea (Barnes, the Dice Table Croupier), Eddie Parker (Pedestrian), Victor Potel (Train Fireman), Bobbie Priest (Bit), Hugh Prosser (Fred Mallen), Beverly Reedy (Dancehall Girl), Joe Rickson (Dealer), Arlyn Roberts (Dancehall Girl), Hector Sarno (Spectator at Dice Table), Lee Shumway (Casey), Larry Steers (Gambler), Charles Sullivan (Calico Jim’s Bartender), Emmett Vogan (Gleason, Rita’s Agent), Bud Wolfe (Barfly)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 91 min; B&W
- Aka: Flame of the Barbary Coast
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