Billy Milford, Harvard graduate, goes west to seek his fortune. In Addertown he secures a position as stationmaster of the L. & R. Railroad, but is forced out because of his drinking habits. He accidentally meets Gunhild, an emigrant Norwegian girl, as she arrives in Addertown to take up her home with Jan Hagsberg, the town's saloonkeeper. Seeking revenge on the railroad, Milford joins Jim Dorsey in a scheme to hold up the road's paymaster on his way to pay the employees of the company's mine.
Wallace Reid
as Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the Mud
Seena Owen
as Gunhild, a Norwegian Girl
Tom Wilson
as Jim Dorsey, Milford's Pal
Josephine Crowell
as Mrs. Stuvic, an Illinois Matron
Chris Lynton
as Professor Emerson
William H. Brown
as Jan Hagnerg, Gunhild's Uncle
Al W. Filson
as Whitney Mills, R.R. Superintendent
George Siegmann
as Sheriff Dick
Fred Gamble
as The Railroad Superintendent
