Sylvanus Hurley is a swindler who's been swindled: he's been given a deed to a large plot of mangrove swamp in the out-of-the-way community. So he decides to con the locals, some of whom are not as honest as he....
Robert Cummings
as Sylvanus Hurley
Terry Moore
as Adie Titus
John Russell
as Theron
Jerome Courtland
as Steven Pierton
Will Geer
as Dan Paget - Miami Mayor / Postmaster
Arthur Shields
as Ben Titus
Trevor Bardette
as Oat McCarty
Arthur Space
as Piggot
Ellen Corby
as Miss Della (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
as Doc Bethune (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
