After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.
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James Cagney as Bat Morgan
Margaret Lindsay as Jean Barrat
Ricardo Cortez as Paul Morra
Lili Damita as Belle Morra
Donald Woods as Charles Ford
Barton MacLane as Spider Burke
George E. Stone as Solomon "Solly" Green
Joe King as James "Jim" Daley (as Joseph King)
Addison Richards as William Coleman
Robert McWade as Judge Stephen Crawford
Joseph Crehan as McClanahan
Robert Strange as Graber
Joe Sawyer as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
Fred Kohler as Shanghai Duck
Edward McWade as Tupper
Claudia Coleman as Jumping Whale
John Wray as The Weasel
Don Barclay as Drunk (uncredited)
Wade Boteler as Receiver of Shanghaied Men (uncredited)
Helene Chadwick as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Wong Chung as Chung (uncredited)
Jack Curtis as Captain (uncredited)
Bill Dale as Vigilante (uncredited)
Alan Davis as Young Drunk (uncredited)
William Desmond as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
John T. Dillon as Second Policeman (uncredited)
Don Downen as Opera House Usher (uncredited)
Robert Dudley as Vigilante Leader (uncredited)
John Elliott as Doctor Attending Ford (uncredited)
Jim Farley as Vigilante (uncredited)
Karl Hackett as Card Dealer (uncredited)
Lew Harvey as Card Dealer (uncredited)
William Holmes as Second Man (uncredited)
Edward Keane as Contractor (uncredited)
Dick Kerr as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee as Shop Man (uncredited)
Alice Lake as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint as Contractor (uncredited)
Walter Long as Gambling Miner (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas as First Policeman (uncredited)
Joe Smith Marba as Henchman (uncredited)
Ivor McFadden as First Lookout (uncredited)
Charles Middleton as Speaker (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer as First Man (uncredited)
James C. Morton as Vigilante (uncredited)
Mrs. Wilfrid North as Mrs. Crawford (uncredited)
Jessie Perry as Ellen - Maid (uncredited)
Lee Phelps as Second Lookout (uncredited)
Dick Rush as Vigilante Leader (uncredited)
Harry Seymour as Salesman (uncredited)
Frank Sheridan as Mulligan - Jailer (uncredited)
Claire Sinclair as Madame (uncredited)
Vera Steadman as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Landers Stevens as Doctor (uncredited)
Eddie Sturgis as Rat Face (uncredited)
Jane Talent as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Estelle Taylor as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook as Vigilante (uncredited)
William Wagner as Evangelist in The Occidental (uncredited)