An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.
Robert Mitchum
as Matt Calder
Marilyn Monroe
as Kay Weston
Rory Calhoun
as Harry Weston
Tommy Rettig
as Mark Calder
Murvyn Vye
as Dave Colby
Douglas Spencer
as Sam Benson
Arthur Shields
as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
Larry Chance
as Young Punk (uncredited)
Chuck Hicks
as Prospector (uncredited)
Ann McCrea
as Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford
as Bartender (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
as Prospector (uncredited)