California, 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and purchases the Chinese Kim Sung from the auction with the intent of setting her free. But it doesn't occur to Linc that setting her free isn't enough. Where is she going to go? Kim doesn't speak English and she's just going to be exploited by somebody else. Linc takes Kim home to serve as a housekeeper. Ma Bartlett Linc's mother, is not happy that a Chinese girl is living in her home, and even less happy when Kim and her son fall in love. Their affair also arouses the jealousy of Cheng Lu, a Chinese immigrant.
Jack Lord
as Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett
Nobu McCarthy
as Kim Sung
James Shigeta
as Cheng Lu
Mel Tormé
as The Deacon
Josephine Hutchinson
as Ma Bartlett
Rodolfo Acosta
as Sheriff Marguelez
Benson Fong
as Wu
Michael Pate
as Rev. Will Allen
Lilyan Chauvin
as Mme. Lili Raide
Don Kennedy
as Masters
Don 'Red' Barry
as Cabot
Lester Matthews
as Peter Mott
