Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Luis Chamalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s. She falls in love with miner Jim Carmichael and takes his gold dust at the wheel. She goes after him, Chamalis goes after her with intent to harm Carmichael.
Miriam Hopkins
as Mary 'Swan' Rutledge
Edward G. Robinson
as Luis Chamalis
Joel McCrea
as Jim Carmichael
Walter Brennan
as Old Atrocity
Frank Craven
as Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb
Brian Donlevy
as Knuckles Jacoby
Clyde Cook
as Oakie
Harry Carey
as Jed Slocum
Matt McHugh
as Broncho
Donald Meek
as Sawbuck McTavish
Rollo Lloyd
as Wigham
Roger Gray
as Sandy Ferguson
