---
title: 'Frisco Kid (1935)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lloyd Bacon'
released: '1935-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 77
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/frisco-kid-1935'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026385/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Frisco Kid (1935)

1935 · 77 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Frisco Kid is a 1935 western film starring James Cagney and directed by Lloyd Bacon. Set in San Francisco in the 1850s, it traces the rise and fall of a sailor who achieves wealth and success on San Francisco's Barbary Coast but is spurned by the woman he loves. The supporting cast also features Ricardo Cortez, Lili Damita, and Barton MacLane. Writing for Turner Classic Movies, Richard Harland Smith observes: "While hewing closely to the crime-shouldn't-pay maxims of the newly minted Production Code, the violence is often disarmingly brutal, with a double hanging late in the film being as disturbing as it is coyly elliptical."

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lloyd Bacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-bacon)
- **Screenplay:** [Seton I. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/seton-i-miller)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernhard Kaun](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-kaun)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Bischoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-bischoff)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sol Polito](https://cinepixo.com/people/sol-polito)

## Cast

- [Barton MacLane](https://cinepixo.com/people/barton-maclane)
- [George E. Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-e-stone)
- [John Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-elliott)
- [Margaret Lindsay](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-lindsay)
- [Lili Damita](https://cinepixo.com/people/lili-damita)
- [Edmund Mortimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-mortimer)
- [Edward Keane](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-keane)
- [William Desmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-desmond)
- [Edward LeSaint](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-lesaint)
- [Harry Tenbrook](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-tenbrook)
- [Estelle Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/estelle-taylor)
- [Addison Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/addison-richards)
- [Ricardo Cortez](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricardo-cortez)
- [Joe Sawyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-sawyer)
- [Wade Boteler](https://cinepixo.com/people/wade-boteler)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/frisco-kid-1935
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