Barbary Coast

By Patrick Mondout

This western starring William 'Captain Kirk' Shatner and Doug McClure was set in the other Super70s - the 1870s in San Francisco. In either decade, the city by the bay was a wild place. But the one square mile area of the city known as the Barbary Coast was particularly full of hot chicks, hotheads, and desperados. Or so the short-lived show's producers led us to believe.

McClure played Cash Conover, the owner of the Golden Gate Casino - an establishment we are led to believe he won in a poker game. Shatner plays undercover agent Jeff Cable. He works for the governor and is adept at disguising himself.

Barbary Coast was cancelled in January of 1976 due to disappointing ratings.

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