In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.

John Garfield
as Johnny Blake

Frances Farmer
as Linda Chalmers

Pat O'Brien
as Ian 'Hap' O'Connor

Raymond Walburn
as Ellery Q. 'Wildcat' Chalmers

Cliff Edwards
as 'Hot Rocks' Harris

Tom Kennedy
as Petunia

Granville Bates
as Charles Hammond

Jody Gilbert
as Tillie

Edward Pawley
as Collins

Frank Mayo
as Mike Brannigan