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!"

Title: Flame of Barbary Coast
Original Title: Flame of Barbary Coast
Release Date: 1945-05-28
Status: Released
Rating: 5.6/10 (from 17 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Romance, Western
Production Companies: Republic Pictures
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 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