Barbary Coast

1935 · 91 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 2,157 VOTES · DIR. Howard Hawks

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Overview

Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Luis Chamalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s. She falls in love with miner Jim Carmichael and takes his gold dust at the wheel. She goes after him, Chamalis goes after her with intent to harm Carmichael.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,346 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:45 Keep that horn going.
00:05:18 . Are you ready with the anchor? . Aye, sir.
00:09:02 You see, miss, Homestead Gully has been taken off the map.
00:13:08 . The streets ain't paved yet. . I see.
00:18:30 I'm glad to know you.
00:23:25 San Francisco is getting to be more like a city.
00:26:49 You're drunk, sir.
00:30:28 Come on, get going.
00:33:26 That's right.
00:36:51 Thank you, Miss Rutledge.
00:41:03 What's the matter?
00:44:22 What does a harpy look like?
00:47:46 . How soon do you expect that? . A day or two.
00:51:10 Are those snakes in her hair or forget. Me. Nots?
00:56:18 Son, still feel a little depressed over your bad luck last night.
01:00:17 And before breakfast, too.
01:04:06 Land a hand here, someone.
01:08:20 . Which way? . We'll steer you.
01:12:07 It's the first decent thing I've done in my whole black life.
01:15:40 . I don't know quite what to say. . Say it to somebody else, not me.
01:19:20 I'm pretty stupid.
01:22:45 Head straight for the big boat.
01:26:20 He's never even touched me. He's never even kissed me.
01:29:35 Come on.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,346
Dialogue density14.8 lines / min
First line00:01:45
Final line01:29:35

Production Record

DirectorHoward Hawks
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,157