Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress.
Clark Gable
as Hamish Bond
Yvonne De Carlo
as Amantha Starr
Sidney Poitier
as Rau-Ru
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
as Lt. Ethan Sears
Rex Reason
as Capt. Seth Parton (Union officer)
Patric Knowles
as Charles de Marigny
Torin Thatcher
as Capt. Canavan
Andrea King
as Miss Idell
Ray Teal
as Mr. Calloway
Noreen Corcoran
as Amantha as a child
William Forrest
as Aaron Starr, Amantha's father
Tommie Moore
as Dollie
