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Synopsis: Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiance dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Louis Charnalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s. She falls in love with miner Carmichael and takes his gold dust at the wheel. She goes after him, Louis goes after her with intent to harm Carmichael.
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
Year:
1935
91 min
155 Views


Could you tell me where

I could find Mr. Morgan?

Well...

Go on, Jed.

You've been doing all the talking.

I hate to be the first

to break the news, miss, but...

...Mr. Morgan has been

taken off the map likewise.

- He's dead?

- He's deader than a doornail.

- Shut up, you varmint.

- Here, drink this.

How did it happen?

You see, the red come up

13 times straight in a row...

...and the gold mine changed hands.

After which unfortunate incident,

Mr. Morgan sort of...

...had a misunderstanding.

I'm afraid he was a bad loser, miss.

San Francisco is no place for a bad loser...

...especially if you're not so quick

on the draw.

Which he wasn't.

I never seen a man take so long

to pull a gun.

- He got drilled right clean through...

- Shut up or I'II...

Then there's nothing, no...

Miss Rutledge.

Allow me to offer my heartfelt sympathy.

I don't know why I'm crying, Col. Cobb...

...but that's what men expect of women,

isn't it?

- That they should cry?

- You poor child.

It seems my first claim

hasn't panned out so well.

You don't fool me, my dear.

You're hurt. Can't I be of some assistance?

You don't understand, Col. Cobb.

I never loved Dan Morgan.

- But you were going to marry him.

- Yes.

He must have meant something to you.

He meant a million dollars.

Miss Rutledge, I'm shocked!

Why? Because, I'm not pretending

an emotion I don't feel?

You poor dear.

Let me take you back to the ship.

No.

I'm not running away.

I came here to get something

and I'm going to get it.

Yes, but San Francisco

is no place for a woman.

Why not? I'm not afraid.

I like the fog.

I like this new world.

I like the noise of something happening.

No, San Francisco is no place

for a bad loser, man or woman.

Dan Morgan was a bad loser.

I'm not. I'm staying.

I'm tired of dreaming, Col. Cobb.

I'm staying.

I'm staying and holding out

my hands for gold.

Bright yellow gold.

Gentlemen, who got Dan Morgan's money?

I'd forget about that money if I were you,

'cause you ain't ever going to get it back.

Who got the money?

It's in the hands of the worst fiend

in San Francisco.

- What's his name?

- His name's Louis Chamalis.

He owns the biggest gambling parlor

in California.

The Bella Donna,

the one we was telling you about.

- Gentlemen, I'm hungry.

- Of course you are.

I should like to have supper

at the Bella Donna.

Let's go down there.

- The streets ain't paved yet.

- I see.

Make way for a lady.

That's opium you smell, miss.

Opium and Chinamen

sure perfume up the street.

Make way for a lady.

Don't worry, miss, we'll soon be there.

Look out, here come some more Chinamen.

He's just having some fun, miss.

He's going to cut off their pigtails.

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Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht (1894–1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write thirty-five books and some of the most entertaining screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films. more…

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