A tycoon rises to the top in 19th-century San Francisco through greed and corruption.
David Brian
as Rip MacCool
Arlene Dahl
as Lily Douvane
Barry Sullivan
as Johnny Sanderson
Mercedes McCambridge
as Ada Stritch
Paula Raymond
as Zoe Carnot
Claude Jarman Jr.
as Rip MacCool (age 16)
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
Monica Lewis
as Cafe Singer
John Hoyt
as Flutey Johnson
Roland Winters
as Alexander Tomson
Barbara Billingsley
as Miss Meadson
Hayden Rorke
as Carlson