Law of the Barbary Coast

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Law of the Barbary Coast
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Directed by Lew Landers
Written byRobert Libott
Frank Burt
Produced by Wallace MacDonald
Starring Gloria Henry
Stephen Dunne
Adele Jergens
Robert Shayne
Stefan Schnabel
Cinematography Henry Freulich
Edited by Henry Batista
Music byMischa Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
July 21, 1949
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Law of the Barbary Coast is a 1949 American historical crime western film directed by Lew Landers and starring Gloria Henry, Stephen Dunne and Adele Jergens.

Contents

The film's sets were designed by the art director Harold H. MacArthur. [1]

Plot

After her brother is murdered in a saloon on the Barbary Coast in San Francisco, a woman goes undercover as a dance hall girl in order to gather evidence on the crime.

Cast

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References

  1. Stephens p.203

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