Adventure ·Romance ·Action · United States of America · 1935 · 1h 17m

Frisco Kid

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Director
Lloyd Bacon
Cast
James Cagney as Bat Morgan Margaret Lindsay as Jean Barrat Ricardo Cortez as Paul Morra Lili Damita as Belle Morra Donald Woods as Charles Ford Barton MacLane as Spider Burke
Crew
Sol Polito — Director of Photography Owen Marks — Editor Bernhard Kaun — Original Music Composer Warren Duff — Screenplay Seton I. Miller — Screenplay Warren Duff — Story
Tagline

He's the two-fisted hero of the square mile of hell the Devil himself disowned!

Synopsis

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.

Mood & Themes
saloonsan francisco, californiatraumaromantic rivalryvicerejectionhangingtreacheryopera houseretributionrise to powerremorse
Key Collaborators
Lloyd Bacon Director Sol Polito Director of Photography Owen Marks Editor Bernhard Kaun Original Music Composer Warren Duff Screenplay Seton I. Miller Screenplay Warren Duff Story Seton I. Miller Story Samuel Bischoff Producer Orry-Kelly Costume Design
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