In this Depression-era tale, Calef McKinney, traveling from Michigan to California, stops in Spooner, Missouri, where Lute hires him for odd jobs. Calef gets involved with Lute's niece, Hannah. But she's married to Sidney, a wife-beating drunk who hopes to inherit his uncle-in-law's money. Sidney and an eccentric preacher plot against Calef, who finds it difficult to conceal his mysterious past and his growing affection for Sidney's wife.

Hal Hopper
as Sidney Brenshaw

Antoinette Cristiani
as Hannah Brenshaw

John Furlong
as Calif McKinney

Rena Horten
as Eula

Princess Livingston
as Maggie Marie

Lorna Maitland
as Clara Belle

Sam Hanna
as Injoys

Stuart Lancaster
as Lute Wade

Nick Wolcuff
as Sheriff Abel

Frank Bolger
as Brother Hanson