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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.
Theatrical
Nov 30, 1935
Director
Writers
Producer
Music
Studio
The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Full credits →J
James Cagney
Bat Morgan
M
Margaret Lindsay
Jean Barrat
R
Ricardo Cortez
Paul Morra
L
Lili Damita
Belle Morra
D
Donald Woods
Charles Ford
B
Barton MacLane
Spider Burke
G
George E. Stone
Solomon "Solly" Green
J
Joe King
James "Jim" Daley (as Joseph King)
A
Addison Richards
William Coleman
R
Robert McWade
Judge Stephen Crawford
J
Joseph Crehan
McClanahan
R
Robert Strange
Graber
J
Joe Sawyer
Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
F
Fred Kohler
Shanghai Duck
E
Edward McWade
Tupper
C
Claudia Coleman
Jumping Whale
J
John Wray
The Weasel
D
Don Barclay
Drunk (uncredited)
W
Wade Boteler
Receiver of Shanghaied Men (uncredited)
H
Helene Chadwick
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
