San Francisco
She Fell In Love . . . with the toughest guy on the toughest street in the world!
NR 1936 · 115 min · ★ 6.6 · Drama, Romance, Music
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · Written by Anita Loos
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Jeanette MacDonald Mary Blake -
Spencer Tracy Father Tim Mullin -
Jack Holt Jack Burley -
Jessie Ralph Mrs. Maisie Burley -
Ted Healy Mat -
Shirley Ross Trixie -
Margaret Irving Della Bailey -
Harold Huber 'Babe' -
Edgar Kennedy Sheriff -
Al Shean Professor -
William Ricciardi Signor Baldini
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