A teenaged Mark Twain travels to the American West during the "Gold Rush" days in search of fortune and his destiny.
Robert Dunne
as Young Samuel Clemens
James Garner
as Samuel Clemens
Adam Arkin
as Henry
Eric Roberts
as The Foreman
Ned Beatty
as Slade
Adam Storke
as Seth
Charles Martin Smith
as Platt
Jill Eikenberry
as Livy Clemens
J.D. Nicholsen
as Higbie
Wayne Robson
as Mr. Ballou
Blu Mankuma
as Johnston