A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
John FordDirector
Doctor John Pearly
Fleety Belle
Captain Eli
Sheriff Rufe Jeffers
Duke
New Moses
Efe
Pappy
Matt Abel
Chaplain
Jonah
Jailer
Breck
Jailbird
Hangman
Labor Boss
Townsman
Sheriff's Wife
Fleety Belle's brother
Salesman
Race Official
Farmer at Demonstration
Uncle Jeff
New Elijah
Race Spectator
Ben
Warden
Race Organizer
Fleety Belle's Father
Governor
Boy
Mink
River Man with Pappy
Prisoner
Addie May
