The Barbary Coast Reviews

It's an entertaining but lesser Hawks film, too conventional in its storytelling to kick up any dust.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Any self-respecting San Franciscan needs to give Barbary Coast a spin.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur hammer out a bouncing melodrama of San Francisco's sin and salad days in Barbary Coast.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 3/5

The primitive San Francisco is imbued with a lusty spirit, comprised of mud in the streets, tinkly pianos and crooked card games.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

...surely this must be the only film to ever feature a climactic rowboat chase...

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

You can't go far wrong with Miriam Hopkins, Eddie G. and Howard Hawks.

| Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 3/5

A wide-open San Francisco, circa 1890, is the background for one of Howard Hawks's intelligent love triangles.

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