"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire.
Ray Milland
as Jonathan Trumbo
Barbara Stanwyck
as Lily Bishop
Barry Fitzgerald
as Michael Fabian
George Coulouris
as Capt. Pharaoh Coffin
Albert Dekker
as Mr. Pike
Anthony Quinn
as Don Luís Rivera y Hernandez
Frank Faylen
as Whitey
Gavin Muir
as Booth Pennock
James Burke
as Pokey
Eduardo Ciannelli
as Padre
Roman Bohnen
as Col. Stuart
Argentina Brunetti
as Elvira
