A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
Burt Lancaster
as Elias Wakefield
Dianne Foster
as Hannah Bolen
Walter Matthau
as Stan Bodine
Diana Lynn
as Susie Spann
Donald MacDonald
as Little Eli Wakefield
John McIntire
as Zack Wakefield
Una Merkel
as Sophie Wakefield
John Carradine
as Ziby Fletcher
John Litel
as Pleasant Tuesday Babson
Rhys Williams
as Constable
Edward Norris
as Roulette Dealer
Will Wright
as John Decker (uncredited)