Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.

John Wayne
as John Reynolds

Ona Munson
as Julie Mirbeau

Ray Middleton
as Blackburn 'Blackie' Williams

Henry Stephenson
as General Anatole Mirbeau

Helen Westley
as Blanche Brunot

Jack Pennick
as Cuffy Brown

Dorothy Dandridge
as Felice

Shimen Ruskin
as Gaston

Jacqueline Dalya
as Pearl

Paul Scardon
as Judge Wilson
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John Wayne ("Reynolds") meets a lady - Ona Munson ("Julie Mirabeau") on a Mississippi river boat heading for New Orleans. When they are met on arrival by the feisty Helen Westley ("Blanche") and the girl's esteemed father Henry Stephenson ("Gen. Mirabeau") we discover all we will need to know: Lawye...