

Flame of Barbary Coast(1945)
"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!"
Overview
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.
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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

Hank Bell
Hank
Al Murphy
Horseshoe Brown

Eddie Acuff
Smokey, the Train Engineer (uncredited)

Gino Corrado
Waiter (uncredited)

Kenne Duncan
Gambler (uncredited)

Bud Geary
Henchman (uncredited)

Frank Hagney
Morell Henchman (uncredited)
William Hoehne Jr.
Blond haired boy delivering beer (uncredited)

Adele Mara
Marie (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall
Gambler (uncredited)
Doc Adams
Barfly
Melva Anstead
Dancehall Girl
Walter Bacon
Barfly
Frank Balderrama
Barfly
John Barton
Barfly
Edward Biby
Bill McGale
George Boyce
Specialty Dancer

Chet Brandenburg
Townsman
Roy Butler
Telephone Man
James Carlisle
Barfly

Dorothy Christy
Mother Bronson

Edmund Cobb
Townsman
Russell Custer
Barfly
Jack Gargan
Bartender

William Halligan
Tom Buckman

Stuart Hamblen
Jud McCone
Chuck Hamilton
Barfly

Mahlon Hamilton
Mr. Santer
Frank Jaquet
Prominent Citizen

Michael Jeffers
Whit Calverty

Patricia Knox
Dancehall Girl

Tom London
Thompson, Townsman in Mob
Charles Marsh
Speaker
Frankie Marvin
Cowboy
Frank McCarroll
Attendant

Philo McCullough
Gambler
Pat McKee
Barfly
William J. O'Brien
Waiter

Jack O'Shea
Barnes, the Dice Table Croupier

Bud Osborne
Bartender

Eddie Parker
Pedestrian

Victor Potel
Train Fireman
Bobbie Priest
Dancehall Girl

Hugh Prosser
Fred Mallen
Beverly Reedy
Dancehall Girl

Joe Rickson
Dealer
Arlyn Roberts
Dancehall Girl
Hector V. Sarno
Spectator at Dice Table

Lee Shumway
Casey

Larry Steers
Gambler

Charles Sullivan
Calico Jim's Bartender

Emmett Vogan
Gleason, Rita's Agent

Larry Wheat
Barfly
Bill Wolfe
Barfly in White Suit
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