The "one desire" of ex-gambler Clint Saunders and bar woman Tacey Cromwell is to escape their shady former lives and settle down to respectability. With Clint's younger brother and an orphaned girl in tow, the couple moves to a Colorado mining town where their love is tested by Judith Watrous, daughter of the town banker, who has her sights on Clint.
Anne Baxter
as Tacey Cromwell
Rock Hudson
as Clint Saunders
Julie Adams
as Judith Watrous
Carl Benton Reid
as Senator Kenneth A. Watrous
Natalie Wood
as Seely Dowder
William Hopper
as 'Mac' MacBain
Betty Garde
as Mrs. O'Dell
Barry Curtis
as Nugget Saunders
Adrienne Marden
as Marjorie Huggins
Fay Morley
as Flo
Vici Raaf
as Kate
Lynn Millan
as Bea
