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Flame of Barbary Coast

1945 · 91 min

A nostalgic, old-fashioned romance with gambling halls, a fiery heroine, and a spectacular earthquake, easy to watch and warmly entertaining.

Tagline
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • redemption
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
romance, western
Directed by
Joseph Kane
Written by
Borden Chase
Starring
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Music
R. Dale Butts, Mort Glickman
Cinematography
Robert De Grasse
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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