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01/26/06
Barbary Coast (1935)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:10
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: In BARBARY COAST, Mary Rutledge (Miriam Hopkins) travels to San Francisco at the height of the gold rush to meet the man she has arranged to marry, a prospector who has struck it rich. When she... [More]
Starring: Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan
Director: Howard Hawks
Reviews for Barbary Coast
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03/26/09
Top CriticIt's an entertaining but lesser Hawks film, too conventional in its storytelling to kick up any dust.
07/12/08
Any self-respecting San Franciscan needs to give Barbary Coast a spin.
05/18/06
Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur hammer out a bouncing melodrama of San Francisco's sin and salad days in Barbary Coast.
03/25/06
Top CriticNo review available.
07/17/05
The primitive San Francisco is imbued with a lusty spirit, comprised of mud in the streets, tinkly pianos and crooked card games.
05/09/05
...surely this must be the only film to ever feature a climactic rowboat chase...
03/12/05
You can't go far wrong with Miriam Hopkins, Eddie G. and Howard Hawks.
08/18/04
No review available.
08/22/03
No review available.
11/01/02
A wide-open San Francisco, circa 1890, is the background for one of Howard Hawks's intelligent love triangles.
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