Frisco Sal
1945 film by George Waggner
- 1945 (1945)
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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
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
- 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
The film was originally called Frisco Kate and was to star Foster and Ella Raines'.[1]
Filming started in September 1944.[2][3]
References
- ^ "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
- Frisco Sal at IMDb
- Frisco Sal at the TCM Movie Database
- Review of film at The New York Times
- Frisco Sal at BFI
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Films directed by George Waggner
- Western Trails (1938)
- Outlaw Express (1938)
- Black Bandit (1938)
- Guilty Trails (1938)
- Prairie Justice (1938)
- Ghost Town Riders (1938)
- The Phantom Stage (1939)
- Honor of the West (1939)
- Mystery Plane (1939)
- Stunt Pilot (1939)
- Wolf Call (1939)
- Drums of the Desert (1940)
- Horror Island (1941)
- Man-Made Monster (1941)
- South of Tahiti (1941)
- The Wolf Man (1941)
- Sealed Lips (1942)
- The Climax (1944)
- Frisco Sal (1945)
- Shady Lady (1945)
- Tangier (1946)
- Gunfighters (1947)
- The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
- Operation Pacific (1951)
- Pawnee (1957)
- Red Nightmare (1962)
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