San Francisco

Year: 1936

Runtime: 115 mins

Language: English

Director: W.S. Van Dyke

DramaMusicRomanceSong and danceDazzling vocal performances and musicals

A beautiful singer falls for the toughest man on the infamous Barbary Coast, the hardest street in the world, while a zealous priest works to reform the saloon’s proprietor. Their intertwined lives unfold in the tense days leading up to San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake and the devastating fires that follow.

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