Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
A con artist heads for the gold fields of Nevada during the 1880s after he is tossed off of San Francisco's Barbary Coast. Once in the state, he poses as an important banker. When he actually does find a gold mine, he is forcibly compelled to divvy up the take with the townsfolk. He doesn't mind going straight until his former buddies (still crooks) show up and try to steal the town payroll. To save the town and the mine, the phony financier becomes a crook himself.
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arrest, bartender, con/scam, corpse, courtroom, District-Attorney, ex-partner, false-accusation, financier, girlfriend, going-straight, gold, gold-mine, gold-rush, jury, mine, name-clearing, outlaw [Western], partner, prison, robbery, Robin-Hood, scheme
