Frisco Jenny
6.8
“My Record's Perfect Now!...Ten Commandments and I've Broken Every One of Them!”
Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the custody of a wealthy married couple. Years later, thanks to the protection of a corrupt politician, she becomes the main "madame" of San Francisco, in addition to participating in various illegal activities.
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Cast
21 people
Ruth Chatterton
Frisco Jenny Sandoval
Known for
Dodsworth
Louis Calhern
Steve Dutton
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Notorious
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Helen Jerome Eddy
Amah
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Mata Hari
Donald Cook
Dan Reynolds
Known for
The Public Enemy
Baby Face
James Murray
Dan McAllister
Known for
The Crowd
Hallam Cooley
Willie Gleason
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The Monster
Holiday
Pat O'Malley
Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan
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Alibi
The Fighting American
Harold Huber
George Weaver
Known for
The Thin Man
San Francisco
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Jim Sandoval
Known for
A Night at the Opera
The Public Enemy
Willard Robertson
Police Capt. Tom
Known for
Remember the Night
The Ox-Bow Incident
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
Known for
Captain Blood
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Clarence Muse
Voice of Singer (uncredited)
Known for
The Black Stallion
Shadow of a Doubt
William A. Wellman Director · Robert Lord Screenplay Wilson Mizner Screenplay
United States release January 14, 1933 · Produced in United States · Production Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
First National Pictures
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 30, 1932
Premiere · Albany, New York
United States · January 14, 1933
Theatrical
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