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Description: During the California Gold Rush, Boston pharmacist Tom Craig sets up shop in Sacramento where he clashes with local town crook Britt Dawson.

Cast:
Tom Craig: John Wayne
Lacey Miller: Binnie Barnes
Britt Dawson: Albert Dekker
Ellen Sanford: Helen Parrish
Helga: Patsy Kelly
Kegs McKeever: Edgar Kennedy
Joe Dawson: Dick Purcell
Mr. Carlin: Harry Shannon
Mr. Hayes: Charles Halton
Whitey: Emmett Lynn
Mr. Bates: Robert McKenzie
Ezra Tompkins: Milton Kibbee
Chick - Dawson's Henchman: Paul Sutton
Mrs. Tompkins: Anne O'Neal
Clem - Dawson's Henchman: Richard Alexander
Worried Woman: Jessie Arnold
Higgins: Hooper Atchley
Miner: Martin Faust
San Francisco Deputy: Stanley Blystone
Townsman: Roque Ybarra
Angry Citizen in Lynch Mob: Frank Hagney
Man on Street: Slim Whitaker
Henchman: Ralph Peters
Townswoman: Jessie Proctor
Man Who Warns of Kegs' Arrival: Jack Carr
Town Drunk: Chester Conklin
Shorty: Jim Corey
San Francisco Bartender: Wade Crosby
Pike - Dawson's Henchman: Donald Curtis
Mrs. Bates: Pearl Early
Man with Joker at Bar: Heenan Elliott
Wagon Driver: Frank Ellis
Mrs. Coggins: Fern Emmett
Maria Alvarez: Esther Estrella
Singing Churchman: O.K. Ford
Señor Alvarez: Martin Garralaga
Girl in First Saloon: Dorothy Granger
Charlie - Wagon Owner: Karl Hackett
Marshal Alvin Thompson: Robert Homans
Salesman: Olin Howland
Dr. Glaggett: Frank Jaquet
Forty-Niner: Lew Kelly
Wagon Driver on Run: Jack Kirk
Rosita Alvarez: Emily LaRue
Gold Strike Rider: Rex Lease
San Francisco Sheriff: George Lloyd
Bartender: Jack Low
Dawson's Henchman: Merrill McCormick
Old Miner: Frank McGlynn Sr.
Deputy: Joe McGuinn
Boy at Wharf: Harry McKim
Barfly: Jack O'Shea
Yerp Bates: Michael Miller
Loudmouthed Oaf: Frank Mills
Red - Sacramento Bartender: James C. Morton
Bystander on Riverboat: Frank O'Connor
Jose: Jose Portugal
Mrs. Higgins: Ruth Robinson
Man in Saloon with Carlin: Forrest Taylor
Saloon Waiter: Harry Tenbrook
Huckster: Harry Tyler
Mrs. Carson: Minerva Urecal
Captain of First Boat: Guy Usher
Bystander: Max Waizmann
Archie Higgins: Fred Walburn
Woman at Camp: Glen Walters
Mrs. Marvin: Cecil Weston
Joker at Bar in San Francisco: Matt Willis

Written by: Gertrude Purcell, Frances Hyland, J. Robert Bren

Director: William C. McGann

Production: Republic Pictures

Release date: 31 May 1942