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Ann Dvorak, Butterfly McQueen, John Wayne

Republic Pictures could be downright bewildering when they tried for sophisticated entertainment (mostly the studio specialized in B-movie-with-a-plus knockabout). Exhibit A is this San Francisco...( read more  read more... )I> wannabe that, despite the presence of John Wayne in a Stetson, is not a Western because it's all citified, takes place six years into the 20th century (when is that earthquake due?), and spotlights romance, capitalism, and civic virtue instead of gunplay. Montana cowhand Duke Fergus (Duke Wayne), effectively robbed by big-time gambler Tito Morell (Joseph Schildkraut), studies up on gambling and returns to beat the simpering Continental at his own game and wrest away his beloved chantoosie Flaxen Tarry (Ann Dvorak). At regular intervals, two of these three people will have a scene in which they express major hostility, come to an understanding, indicate mutual admiration, then get mad all over again--within the space of eight lines of dialogue. None of this makes sense, so it must be sophisticated. --Richard T. Jameson

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156 ratings

Unrated, 92 min.

Directed by: Joseph Kane

Release Date: May 28, 1945

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DVD Release Date: January 21, 2003

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Flixster Reviews (37)

  • ima365ryder
    March 11, 2009
    ima365ryder
    Outstanding movie John Wayne is my family favorite actor
  • 01MovieMan
    November 26, 2008
    01MovieMan
    Republic Pictures could be downright bewildering when they tried for sophisticated entertainment (mostly the studio specialized in B-movie-with-a-plus knockabout). Exhibit A is this San Francisco..
  • mrsdad513
    June 22, 2007
    mrsdad513
    a fair movie i guess
  • CloudIsAMonkey
    June 14, 2007
    CloudIsAMonkey
    ... Coast? Flame?

    WATER CANNOT CATCH ON FIRE. >_<"
  • axmaxwell
    April 24, 2006
    axmaxwell
    it's the duke, what more is tere to say..

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