Directed by:
William DieterleScreenplay:
Robert N. LeeCinematography:
Tony GaudioComposer:
Bernhard KaunCast:
Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Hugh Herbert, Arthur Byron, Robert Barrat, Henry O'Neill, Irving Pichel, Douglass Dumbrille (more)Plots(1)
Bette Davis and Margaret Lindsay portray stepsisters from a society family in this atmospheric tale of crime and punishment in the City by the Bay. One sister is amiable, upright, eager to uphold the family name. The other is volatile, risk-taking, a moth hovering too close to the flame of high-living lowlifes who launder stolen bonds. Care to guess which actress plays her? Bette Davis was a little more than three weeks away from the release of her breakthrough portrayal in Of Human Bondage and the excitement surrounding her was electric when she played the reckless sister in Fog over Frisco. That excitement flashes again and again in a trim, snappy gem Davis would later recall with much fondness. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Bette Davis
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Donald Woods
Canada
Best movies:
Anthony Adverse (1936)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
True Grit (1969)
Margaret Lindsay
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
Jezebel (1938)
'G' Men (1935)
Lyle Talbot
USA
Best movies:
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Three on a Match (1932)
42nd Street (1933)
Hugh Herbert
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
A Song Is Born (1948)
Arthur Byron
USA
Best movies:
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
The Mummy (1932)
Robert Barrat
USA
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Captain Blood (1935)
Henry O'Neill
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Irving Pichel
USA
Best movies:
Jezebel (1938)
Juarez (1939)
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Douglass Dumbrille
Canada
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Alan Hale
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Gordon Westcott
USA
Best movies:
Queen Kelly (1929)
Footlight Parade (1933)
Front Page Woman (1935)
William Demarest
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Mountain (1956)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Douglas Cosgrove
USA
George Chandler
USA
Best movies:
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Edison, the Man (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Dennis O'Keefe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Fury (1936)
Leo White
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Casablanca (1942)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Lester Dorr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
William B. Davidson
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1932)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Ralph Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
After the Thin Man (1936)