Barbary Coast
“Love was a gamble she couldn't afford to lose.”
1935 · 1 h 31 min
Howard HawksCast
Miriam Hopkins 
Edward G. Robinson 
Joel McCrea 
Walter Brennan 
Frank Craven 
Brian Donlevy
Credits
Written by: 
Ben Hecht
Plot
Mary Rutledge arrives in San Francisco from the east, finds her fiancé dead and falls in with a gambler and a ruthless boss.
Sinekatalog’s take
Howard Hawks's adventure, with Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson and Joel McCrea, is lively and rough, set in the Gold Rush.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (2,459 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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