Frisco Kid

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Frisco Kid

Released Nov 30, 1935

1h 17m

Adventure

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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.

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Winston Burdett

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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

Nov 19, 2020

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Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)

Esquire Magazine

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.

Apr 22, 2020

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

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.

Oct 2, 2019

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Cagney is Cagney as always in his somewhat similar gangster-stereotype of good-guy-in-a-bad-time senario that is set to a different era than the usual, yet still doesn't disappoint.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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good western of sorts

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Cagney is dynamic as ever but those two cinematic black holes Margaret Lindsay and Donald Woods stop the film dead in its tracks whenever they appear in a scene.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

OK, but not great. The anti-vigilantism message was a good one, but other than that the plot is hit-and-miss, and often drifts. James Cagney plays his usual tough guy role. Good support from the beautiful-yet-underrated Margaret Lindsay.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

Quite an exciting Cagney movie...good watch !!!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Lloyd Bacon

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James Cagney

Bat Morgan

Margaret Lindsay

Jean Barrat

Ricardo Cortez

Paul Morra

Lili Damita

Belle

Fred Kohler Sr.

Shanghai Duck

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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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