A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.
Burt Lancaster
as Owen Daybright
Robert Walker
as Lee Strobie
Joanne Dru
as Jen Strobie
Sally Forrest
as Lily Fasken
John Ireland
as Hub Fasken
Carleton Carpenter
as Hewie
Ray Collins
as Arch Strobie
Ted de Corsia
as Herb Backett
Hugh O'Brian
as Dick Fasken
Will Wright
as Mr. Willoughby
Stanley Andrews
as Mead Calhoun
Paul E. Burns
as Dr. Irwin (uncredited)
