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1945 film by George Waggner

Frisco Sal

Directed by	George Waggner
Screenplay by	Curt Siodmak
Based on	story by Siodmak
Starring	Susanna Foster
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	1945 (1945)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Frisco Sal is a 1945 American Western film directed by George Waggner and starring Susanna Foster and Turhan Bey. 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
Turhan Bey as Dude
Alan Curtis as Rio
Andy Devine as Bunny
Thomas Gomez as Dan
Collette Lyons as Mickey
Samuel S. Hinds as Doc
Fuzzy Knight 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.

References

"UNIVERSAL TO MAKE 55 FEATURE FILMS: Schedules Seven Technicolor Pictures and Many Shorts for the 1944–45 Season". New York Times. June 12, 1944. p. 16.
Schallert, E. (September 11, 1944). "'Willie' will bring return of John Payne". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165567005.
"GEN. PATTON'S LIFE SUBJECT OF FILM". New York Times. September 11, 1944.

External links

v t e Films directed by George Waggner
Western Trails (1938) Outlaw Express (1938) Black Bandit (1938) Guilty Trails (1938) Prairie Justice (1938) Ghost Town Riders (1938) The Phantom Stage (1939) Honor of the West (1939) Mystery Plane (1939) Stunt Pilot (1939) Wolf Call (1939) Drums of the Desert (1940) Horror Island (1941) Man-Made Monster (1941) South of Tahiti (1941) The Wolf Man (1941) Sealed Lips (1942) The Climax (1944) Frisco Sal (1945) Shady Lady (1945) Tangier (1946) Gunfighters (1947) The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) Operation Pacific (1951) Pawnee (1957) Red Nightmare (1962)

Films directed by George Waggner

Western Trails (1938)
Outlaw Express (1938)
Black Bandit (1938)
Guilty Trails (1938)
Prairie Justice (1938)
Ghost Town Riders (1938)
The Phantom Stage (1939)
Honor of the West (1939)
Mystery Plane (1939)
Stunt Pilot (1939)
Wolf Call (1939)
Drums of the Desert (1940)
Horror Island (1941)
Man-Made Monster (1941)
South of Tahiti (1941)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Sealed Lips (1942)
The Climax (1944)
Frisco Sal (1945)
Shady Lady (1945)
Tangier (1946)
Gunfighters (1947)
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
Operation Pacific (1951)
Pawnee (1957)
Red Nightmare (1962)

Works by Curt Siodmak

Novel

Donovan's Brain (1942)

Film

Screenplay	People on Sunday (1930) Le Bal (1931) F.P.1 (1932) Girls Will Be Boys (1934) It's a Bet (1935) The Loves of Madame Dubarry (1935) The Tunnel (1935) Abdul the Damned (1935, uncredited) Non-Stop New York (1937) Her Jungle Love (1938) The Invisible Man Returns (1940) Black Friday (1940) The Ape (1940) Pacific Blackout (1941) The Wolf Man (1941) Invisible Agent (1942) I Walked with a Zombie (1943) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) The Climax (1944) Frisco Sal (1945) Shady Lady (1945) The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) Bride of the Gorilla (1951) The Magnetic Monster (1953) Riders to the Stars (1954) Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
Story	Son of Dracula (1943) House of Frankenstein (1944) Berlin Express (1948) Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
Director	People on Sunday (1930) Bride of the Gorilla (1951) The Magnetic Monster (1953) Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1957) Love Slaves of the Amazons (1958) The Devil's Messenger (1961, uncredited)

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