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.
Bat Morgan
Jean Barrat
Paul Morra
Belle Morra
Charles Ford
Spider Burke
Solomon "Solly" Green
James "Jim" Daley (as Joseph King)
William Coleman
Judge Stephen Crawford
McClanahan
Graber
Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
Shanghai Duck
Tupper
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