La belle de San Francisco

Original title: Flame of Barbary Coast

1945
Approved
1h 31m

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Classical Western Drama Musical Romance Western

A cowboy competes with a gambling tycoon on the Barbary Coast for the hand of a beautiful dance-hall queen.A cowboy competes with a gambling tycoon on the Barbary Coast for the hand of a beautiful dance-hall queen.A cowboy competes with a gambling tycoon on the Barbary Coast for the hand of a beautiful dance-hall queen.

Director
- Joseph Kane
Writers
- Borden Chase
- Prescott Chaplin
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Director
- Joseph Kane
Writers
- Borden Chase
- Prescott Chaplin
Stars

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 nominations total

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Featured review

6/10

San Francisco Duke

Happy-go-lucky Montana rancher John Wayne comes to San Francisco, wins and loses a fortune in a night, and begins a competition with a sleazy gambling-hall owner for the heart of singer Ann Dvorak. After some lessons from aging card-shark William Frawley, he comes back to town to win back the money and the girl.

Another of the Duke's lightweight, nineteen-forties Republic pictures, this okay romantic melodrama features a likable Wayne performance, some fairly lavish sets and costumes, and a neat low-budget recreation of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

This isn't the greatest or most memorable of John Wayne vehicles, but it's not the worst either.

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Trivia
While in her home, Ann Dvorak introduces herself to John Wayne: "My name is Ann" to which he replies "and I am Duke". Dvorak's character's name is also her real name. Wayne's character's name was also his real-life nickname.

Goofs
James D. "Jim" Phelan was Mayor of San Francisco from 1897 until 1902, serving 3 terms. He did not run for Mayor after the 1906 earthquake, but served on the Committee of Fifty, set up by the Mayor, Eugene Schmitz.

Quotes
'Smooth' Wylie: Now the first thing to learn about a deck of cards is how to handle 'em. They're a whole lot like women, usually when you pick one up, you wish you hadn't!