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Plot

It's the wild and woolly waterfront world of San Francisco in the late 1800s in this rambling tale of an outrageous nightclub owner (Edward G. Robinson) and his efforts at wooing lovely Mary Rutledge (Miriam Hopkins), a lovely Eastern lass left to her own devices in the rowdy port city. The innocent babe loses that innocence when she becomes a kept lady, running the roulette wheel in Robinson's nightclub. The plot matures when Mary falls in love with an honest and upright gold miner. When the lovers are discovered during a fateful tryst, they flee the evil Robinson, hoping to escape as stowaways aboard a departing ship. Robinson is magnificent in this ruffian role. This action-filled adventure is suitable for the whole family.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Action,Romance
Run Time:
90min.
Theatrical Release Date:
03/20/2006
DVD Release Date:
03/08/2005
Distributor(s):
United Artists
Director(s):
Howard Hawks
Starring:
Miriam Hopkins , Edward G. Robinson , Joel McCrea , Walter Brennan , Frank Craven
Themes:
Woman In Jeopardy,Lovers on the Lam,Gambling,Star-Crossed Lovers
Tone:
Menacing,Sweeping,Tense,Sensual
Keywords:
frontier,love,love-triangle,romance,stars [celebrities],wilderness,woman
Language:
English