After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.

Top Cast

James CagneyBat Morgan

Margaret LindsayJean Barrat

Ricardo CortezPaul Morra

Lili DamitaBelle Morra

Donald WoodsCharles Ford

Barton MacLaneSpider Burke

George E. StoneSolomon "Solly" Green

Joe KingJames "Jim" Daley (as Joseph King)