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Film / 1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
Directed by
Joseph Kane
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.
The story
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.
Cast
John WayneDuke Fergus
Ann DvorakAnn 'Flaxen' Tarry
Joseph SchildkrautBoss Tito Morell
William FrawleyWolf Wylie
Virginia GreyRita Dane
Russell HicksCyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
Jack NortonByline Conners, Reporter San Francisco Star
Paul FixCalico Jim
Manart KippenDr. Gorman
Eve LynneMartha, Morell's Secretary
Marc LawrenceJoe Disko, Gambler
Butterfly McQueenBeulah, Flaxen's Maid
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Rex LeaseCollingswood
Hank BellHank
Al MurphyHorseshoe Brown
Eddie AcuffSmokey, the Train Engineer (uncredited)
Gino CorradoWaiter (uncredited)
Kenne DuncanGambler (uncredited)
Bud GearyHenchman (uncredited)
Frank HagneyMorell Henchman (uncredited)
William Hoehne Jr.Blond haired boy delivering beer (uncredited)
Adele MaraMarie (uncredited)
Jack MulhallGambler (uncredited)
Doc AdamsBarfly
Melva AnsteadDancehall Girl
Walter BaconBarfly
Frank BalderramaBarfly
John BartonBarfly
Edward BibyBill McGale
George BoyceSpecialty Dancer
Chet BrandenburgTownsman
Roy ButlerTelephone Man
James CarlisleBarfly
Dorothy ChristyMother Bronson
Edmund CobbTownsman
Russell CusterBarfly
Jack GarganBartender
William HalliganTom Buckman
Stuart HamblenJud McCone
Chuck HamiltonBarfly
Mahlon HamiltonMr. Santer
Frank JaquetProminent Citizen
Michael JeffersWhit Calverty
Patricia KnoxDancehall Girl
Tom LondonThompson, Townsman in Mob
Charles MarshSpeaker
Frankie MarvinCowboy
Frank McCarrollAttendant
Philo McCulloughGambler
Pat McKeeBarfly
William J. O'BrienWaiter
Jack O'SheaBarnes, the Dice Table Croupier
Bud OsborneBartender
Eddie ParkerPedestrian
Victor PotelTrain Fireman
Bobbie PriestDancehall Girl
Hugh ProsserFred Mallen
Beverly ReedyDancehall Girl
Joe RicksonDealer
Arlyn RobertsDancehall Girl
Hector V. SarnoSpectator at Dice Table
Lee ShumwayCasey
Larry SteersGambler
Charles SullivanCalico Jim's Bartender
Emmett VoganGleason, Rita's Agent
Larry WheatBarfly
Bill WolfeBarfly in White Suit
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