Frisco Kid (1935)
- Directed by
- Lloyd Bacon
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A sailor rises to power on the Barbary Coast of 1850s San Francisco but loses the love of a woman. The film shows his climb and fall with brutal violence and a morality that crime does not pay.
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What happens
Frisco Kid is a 1935 western film starring James Cagney and directed by Lloyd Bacon. Set in San Francisco in the 1850s, it traces the rise and fall (and possible redemption) of a sailor who achieves wealth and success on San Francisco's Barbary Coast but is spurned by the woman he loves (Margaret Lindsay). The supporting cast also features Ricardo Cortez, Lili Damita, and Barton MacLane. Writing for Turner Classic Movies, Richard Harland Smith observes: "While hewing closely to the crime-shouldn't-pay maxims of the newly minted Production Code, the violence is often disarmingly brutal, with a double hanging late in the film being as disturbing as it is coyly elliptical." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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