In the 1850s, in a logging town on the Mississippi River, a conflict between the people of a mill town and the lumberjacks who work downriver. Romance and deceit are catalyzed by the arrival of the gambling river boat, River Lady, owned by the beautiful Sequin. Bauvais, a representative of the local lumber syndicate and Sequin's business partner, is trying to convince H.L. Morrison, the mill owner, to sell his business.
Yvonne De Carlo
as Sequin
Dan Duryea
as Beauvais
Rod Cameron
as Dan Corrigan
Helena Carter
as Stephanie Morrison
Lloyd Gough
as Mike Riley
Florence Bates
as Ma Dunnegan
John McIntire
as H.L. Morrison
Jack Lambert
as Swede
Esther Somers
as Mrs. Morrison
Anita Turner
as Esther
Edmund Cobb
as Rider
Dewey Robinson
as Bouncer