The San Francisco Story (1952)
- Directed by
- Robert Parrish
- Genre
- Western film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 4.9 of 10 from 8 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 jaded hero gets pulled into fighting political corruption on San Francisco's Barbary Coast. A femme fatale and a crooked saloon keeper complicate his efforts to stand up to bullies.
noir-tingedgrittyschematicshadowysnappydisabusedtenseold-fashioned
What happens
The San Francisco Story is a 1952 American Western film directed by Robert Parrish and starring Joel McCrea and Yvonne De Carlo. The rough and tumble Barbary Coast of San Francisco is recreated with attention to detail, including Florence Bates as a saloon keeper Shanghaiing the unwary. Noir elements include many shadows, a discordant musical score, snappy dialogue, a disabused hero who resists the good fight, and a femme fatale. A schematic but insightful rendering of political corruption, the film is essentially about standing up to bullies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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