Pop Ormsby wins the contract from the Army Engineer Corps for the construction of the Alaska Highway connecting Alaska to Canada. The elder of his two sons, Woody Ormsby, decides he had rather fight with bullets than bulldozers but is assigned by the Army to work on the project. Woody and his younger brother Steve are both rivals for the affection of Ann Coswell, the daughter of road engineer Blair Caswell.
Richard Arlen
as Woody Ormsby
Jean Parker
as Ann Coswell
Ralph Sanford
as Frosty Gimble
William Henry
as Steve Ormsby (as Bill Henry)
Joe Sawyer
as Roughhouse
Eddie Quillan
as Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones
Jack Wegman
as Sergeant Swithers
Harry Shannon
as John 'Pop' Ormsby
Edward Earle
as Blair Caswell
Keith Richards
as Hank Lincoln
