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San Francisco

San Francisco

She Fell In Love . . . with the toughest guy on the toughest street in the world!

19366.51h 55m

Overview

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, Robert E. Hopkins, Herman J. Mankiewicz
Produced by John Emerson, W.S. Van Dyke, Bernard H. Hyman
Box OfficeBudget: $1.3MRevenue: $5.3M

Top Cast

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Blackie Norton

Jeanette MacDonald

Jeanette MacDonald

Mary Blake

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Father Tim Mullin

Jack Holt

Jack Holt

Jack Burley

Jessie Ralph

Jessie Ralph

Mrs. Maisie Burley

Ted Healy

Ted Healy

Mat

Shirley Ross

Shirley Ross

Trixie

Margaret Irving

Margaret Irving

Della Bailey

Harold Huber

Harold Huber

'Babe'

Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

Sheriff

Themes & Keywords

san francisco, californiaearthquakepriestbelief in godsaloon owneropera singersaloon singercrisis of faithdisaster movienob hillloss of faithgreat fire1900stough man

About San Francisco

San Francisco is a drama, romance, music film released in 1936 exploring themes of san francisco, california, earthquake, priest, belief in god, saloon owner, opera singer. Directed by W.S. Van Dyke, it stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy. 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.

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