Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha Ronda.
Clark Gable
as Devereaux Burke
Ava Gardner
as Martha Ronda
Broderick Crawford
as Thomas Craden
Lionel Barrymore
as Andrew Jackson
Beulah Bondi
as Minniver Bryan
Ed Begley
as Anthony Demmet
James Burke
as Luther Kilgore
William Farnum
as Tom Crockett
Lowell Gilmore
as Captain Elliott
Moroni Olsen
as Sam Houston
Russell Simpson
as Maynard Cole
William Conrad
as Mizette
