Frisco Sal
Frisco Sal | |
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Directed by | George Waggner |
Screenplay by | Curt Siodmak |
Based on | story by Siodmak |
Starring | Susanna Foster |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Frisco Sal is a 1945 American Western film directed by George Waggner and starring Susanna Foster and Turhan Bey. It was co written by Curt Siodmak.
Plot[edit]
Sad tidings have brought Sally, a young woman, from New England to the Barbary Coast. She is trying to find who murdered her brother. Sally is glad to get a job signing at Dude's saloon. Just as she develops feelings for Dude, she begins to wonder if he might be behind her brother's murder.
Cast[edit]
- Susanna Foster as Sally
- Turhan Bey as Dude
- Alan Curtis as Rio
- Andy Devine as Bunny
- Thomas Gomez as Dan
- Collette Lyons as Mickey
- Samuel S. Hinds as Doc
- Fuzzy Knight as Hallelujah
- Billy Green as Billy
Production[edit]
The film was originally called Frisco Kate and was to star Foster and Ella Raines'.[1]
Filming started in September 1944.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ "UNIVERSAL TO MAKE 55 FEATURE FILMS: Schedules Seven Technicolor Pictures and Many Shorts for the 1944–45 Season". New York Times. June 12, 1944. p. 16.
- ^ Schallert, E. (September 11, 1944). "'Willie' will bring return of John Payne". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165567005.
- ^ "GEN. PATTON'S LIFE SUBJECT OF FILM". New York Times. September 11, 1944.
External links[edit]
- Frisco Sal at IMDb
- Frisco Sal at the TCM Movie Database
- Review of film at The New York Times
- Frisco Sal at BFI
Categories:
- 1945 films
- American Western (genre) musical films
- Films directed by George Waggner
- Universal Pictures films
- Films set in San Francisco
- Films set in the 19th century
- 1940s historical musical films
- American historical musical films
- 1940s Western (genre) musical films
- American black-and-white films
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s American films
- 1940s Western (genre) film stubs