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Barbary Coast

1935 · 90 min

A moody, fog-drenched melodrama of love and power in a lawless Gold Rush city, with Hawksian tension and a bittersweet romantic core.

Directed by: Howard Hawks
Genres: Romance, Western, Drama
Starring: Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea

Tagline: Love was a gamble she couldn't afford to lose.
Overview: Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Luis Chamalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s. She falls in love with miner Jim Carmichael and takes his gold dust at the wheel. She goes after him, Chamalis goes after her with intent to harm Carmichael.

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Directed by: Howard Hawks
Genres: Romance, Western, Drama
Starring: Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
power
corruption
justice
redemption
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	7
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: romance, western, drama
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Written by: Charles MacArthur, Howard Hawks, Ben Hecht
Starring: Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan, Frank Craven, Brian Donlevy, Clyde Cook, Harry Carey
Music: Alfred Newman
Cinematography: Ray June
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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