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.
Cast
James Cagney
Bat Morgan
Margaret Lindsay
Jean Barrat
Ricardo Cortez
Paul Morra
Lili Damita
Belle Morra
Donald Woods
Charles Ford
Barton MacLane
Spider Burke
George E. Stone
Solomon "Solly" Green
Joe King
James "Jim" Daley (as Joseph King)
Addison Richards
William Coleman
Robert McWade
Judge Stephen Crawford
Joseph Crehan
McClanahan
Robert Strange
Graber
Joe Sawyer
Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
Fred Kohler
Shanghai Duck
Edward McWade
Tupper
Claudia Coleman
Jumping Whale
John Wray
The Weasel
Don Barclay
Drunk (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Receiver of Shanghaied Men (uncredited)
Helene Chadwick
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Wong Chung
Chung (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
Captain (uncredited)
Bill Dale
Vigilante (uncredited)
Alan Davis
Young Drunk (uncredited)
William Desmond
Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
John T. Dillon
Second Policeman (uncredited)
Don Downen
Opera House Usher (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Vigilante Leader (uncredited)
John Elliott
Doctor Attending Ford (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Vigilante (uncredited)
Karl Hackett
Card Dealer (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
Card Dealer (uncredited)
William Holmes
Second Man (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Contractor (uncredited)
Dick Kerr
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Shop Man (uncredited)
Alice Lake
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Contractor (uncredited)
Walter Long
Gambling Miner (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
First Policeman (uncredited)
Joe Smith Marba
Henchman (uncredited)
Ivor McFadden
First Lookout (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Speaker (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
First Man (uncredited)
James C. Morton
Vigilante (uncredited)
Mrs. Wilfrid North
Mrs. Crawford (uncredited)
Jessie Perry
Ellen - Maid (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Second Lookout (uncredited)
Dick Rush
Vigilante Leader (uncredited)
Harry Seymour
Salesman (uncredited)
Frank Sheridan
Mulligan - Jailer (uncredited)
Claire Sinclair
Madame (uncredited)
Vera Steadman
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Landers Stevens
Doctor (uncredited)
Eddie Sturgis
Rat Face (uncredited)
Jane Talent
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Estelle Taylor
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Vigilante (uncredited)
William Wagner
Evangelist in The Occidental (uncredited)
Crew
Lloyd Bacon
Director
Seton I. Miller
Screenplay, Story
Warren Duff
Screenplay, Story
Owen Marks
Editor
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Jack Sullivan
Assistant Director
Samuel Bischoff
Producer
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Bernhard Kaun
Original Music Composer
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Bob Woodward
Stunts
Harvey Parry
Stunts
John Hughes
Art Direction
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