The Showdown

Passions run hot in the tropics as men fight over oil wells and a woman.

Cast

George Bancroft

as Cardan

Evelyn Brent

as Sibyl Shelton

Neil Hamilton

as Wilson Shelton

Fred Kohler

as Winter

Helen Lynch

as Goldie

Arnold Kent

as Hugh Pickerell

Leslie Fenton

as Kilgore Shelton

George Kuwa

as Willie

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