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1936 • 1h 55min • Approved • Drama, Romance, Music

San Francisco

"She Fell In Love . . . with the toughest guy on the toughest street in the world!"

A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.

IMDb 7.1

RT 92%

Director

W.S. Van Dyke

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Anita Loos

Robert E. Hopkins

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Clark Gable

Blackie Norton

Jeanette MacDonald

Mary Blake

Spencer Tracy

Father Tim Mullin

Jack Holt

Jack Burley

Jessie Ralph

Mrs. Maisie Burley

Ted Healy

Mat

Shirley Ross

Trixie

Margaret Irving

Della Bailey

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Jeanette MacDonald Mary Blake

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Jessie Ralph Mrs. Maisie Burley

Ted Healy Mat

Shirley Ross Trixie

Margaret Irving Della Bailey

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Edgar Kennedy Sheriff

Al Shean Professor

William Ricciardi Signor Baldini

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