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Flame of Barbary Coast

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John Wayne the reigning hero of Western & Action films is in a departure of his usual tough guy personna by playing a chracter of self doubt. Wayne plays a Rancher who competes with a gambling tycoon on the Barbary Coast over the hand of a beautiful dance hall queen. This film also displays the infamous 1906 San Fransisco Earthquake. One of the highlights in a film that is otherwise routine. Another highlight is seeing this film in colured version instead of black & white.

This early outing finds Wayne in a romantic, light hearted story that showed early signs of what was to come. Watch closely to see early parallels with later legendary performances with Maureen O'Hara in films such as the quiet man. Only about 100 mins long, but very easy viewing, and absorbing, don't be put off by the early year of production - this is a very good movie.

First-if you like John Wayne-you'll like this movie. It was one of his earlier efforts, but he already had those qualities that hold a viewer to the story. The supporting cast is superb-it's a classic!

FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE FANS OF THE"DUKE"I RECOMMEND YOU ADD THIS TO YOUR COLLECTION.MY WIFE AND I ENJOY JOHN,S FILMS AND THIS ONE IS ONE OF HIS BEST,A REAL TEAR JERKER AT THE END.

This is one of John Wayne's Classic movies I have searched for years for.
I was very happy to find it here with Amazon. There speedy service & the condition of the product was in the best of, like new condition.

pretty good movie if your a John Wayne fan. amazon was the only her in Wisconsin i could get this movie from as i am working having an entire collection of John Wayne's movies and this one i have been looking for for some time now. glad i was able to find it here

I have seen this movie and find it a joy to watch.It is fast moving, adventurous,love interest,has action, drama etc. Just was is lacking in todays movies.

Not a classic John Wayne movie, but better than no John Wayne movie at all.

John Wayne travels from Montana to San Francisco to collect a debt from a crooked gambler. He sold the gambler a horse but when he sent one of his cowhands to collect, the Gambler cheated him out of the money. Now the Duke is coming to town to collect.

Along the way he meets a gambling hall entertainer named Flaxen (Ann Dvorak) and the Gambler who owns the hall where she works; the same Gambler who owes John Wayne the money. Of course if things went easy, this wouldn't be a movie; so before John manages to collect his money he has to make a fortune, lose the fortune, and then make a bigger one.

By the time it's all said and done, John is involved in city politics and helping San Francisco deal with the after effects of the "Great Quake of 1906". This lacks the Indians, horses, and gun fights we usually associate with a John Wayne movie, and it's not a classic like the Quiet Man or Rio Bravo, but if you thought you'd run out of movies starring the Duke this is better than nothing.

The quality of this DVD was so poor, much of the movie was inaudible and very grainy. One of my chief complaints is that Amazon.com provides no feed back after the merchandise is received.
Also, I wish Amazon.com would provide a wish list for items they currently don't carry or are unavailable at the time. That way they would have some idea of how many people would be interested in an item and they might then add it to their inventory.

it was a john wayne movie and i being an avid fan will watch it from start to finish. it was b/w and it was produced 1945 so you can imagine the scope of the movie but it did have a story line and real facts about the times .. my family runs before the movies starts but i enjoy watching the older movies/classics'