Frisco Kid

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Frisco Kid

1935,

1h 17m,

Adventure

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3 Reviews

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29%

5,000+ Ratings

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3 Reviews

29%

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5,000+ Ratings

After escaping an attempt to shanghai him, Bat Morgan (James Cagney) heads to the Barbary Coast and Paul Morra's (Ricardo Cortez) famed saloon, where he kills the man who's been abducting sailors and becomes a hero. Impressed, Morra offers Bat a job, but Bat declines and teams with a politician against newspaper editor Charles Ford. Bat conflicts with newspaper owner Jean Barrat (Margaret Lindsay), and when violence erupts in the city, he finds himself blamed for a murder he didn't commit.

Winston Burdett

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Nov 19, 2020

The direction and writing of the film are hardly distinguished, but there are numerous able performances.

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Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)

Esquire Magazine

Apr 22, 2020

The Warner Bro. picture is tougher and richer than Barbary Coast, as the sophisticated veneer which Hecht-MacArthur spread over the Goldwyn epic scarcely suited the subject.

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

Oct 2, 2019

Frisco Kid, starring James Cagney, is one remove from being an effective and original story; the one remove being Barbary Coast, which had used up practically all the dramatic material in advance.

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Ron W

Dec 27, 2018

A heartwarming tale that mixes Orthodox Judaism with the Wild Wild West. Harrison Ford after Star Wars, but before Indiana Jones.

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Han S

Feb 18, 2018

As much as the ill-fitting casting inspires hopes of a differing tale, using Gene Wilder as a dramatic source and Harrison Ford as the comic relief was clearly too askew even for veteran director Aldrich to effectively handle, resulting in neither humor or pathos.

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Luke W

May 14, 2014

140620: Reminded me of 4 for Texas (1963). Better though. Enjoyed Wilder. He stole this whole film making me laugh along the way. Features a young Harrison Ford.

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Lloyd Bacon

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Synopsis

After escaping an attempt to shanghai him, Bat Morgan (James Cagney) heads to the Barbary Coast and Paul Morra's (Ricardo Cortez) famed saloon, where he kills the man who's been abducting sailors and becomes a hero. Impressed, Morra offers Bat a job, but Bat declines and teams with a politician against newspaper editor Charles Ford. Bat conflicts with newspaper owner Jean Barrat (Margaret Lindsay), and when violence erupts in the city, he finds himself blamed for a murder he didn't commit.

Director: Lloyd Bacon
Producer: Samuel Bischoff
Screenwriter: Warren Duff, Seton I. Miller
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Brothers
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 30, 1935, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 17m

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