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Which character did Clark Gable play in San Francisco?
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Clark Gable
American actor Clark Gable, undated photograph.
In the 1936 film San Francisco, Clark Gable played the character Blackie Norton, a rakish political boss and the owner of the Paradise gambling hall.12