''Frisco Sal'' is a 1945 American

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film directed by George Waggner and starring Susanna Foster and

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. It was co written by Curt Siodmak.

Plot

Sad tidings have brought Sally, a young woman, from New England to the Barbary Coast. She is trying to find who murdered her brother. Sally is glad to get a job signing at Dude's saloon. Just as she develops feelings for Dude, she begins to wonder if he might be behind her brother's murder.

Cast

* Susanna Foster as Sally *

as Dude * Alan Curtis as Rio *

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as Bunny *

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as Dan * Collette Lyons as Mickey * Samuel S. Hinds as Doc *

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as Hallelujah * Billy Green as Billy

Production

The film was originally called ''Frisco Kate'' and was to star Foster and Ella Raines'. Filming started in September 1944.

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