After his family is murdered in the 1880s, orphan Jeb Rand is brought up by the Callum family on their nearby horse ranch. Widow Callum does her best to make Jeb feel loved as he is growing up. While he has great affection for his foster-sister Thor, his relationship with her brother Adam is tenuous at best, especially when Jeb blames him for shooting a colt that he was riding. Jeb loses a coin flip with Adam, and becomes the designated family volunteer to fight in the Spanish-American War. Jeb returns a hero, but does not find happiness
Raoul Walsh - Director
Niven Busch - Screenplay
Milton Sperling - Producer
Max Steiner - Music
Teresa Wright - Thor
Robert Mitchum - Jeb
Judith Anderson - Mrs. Callum
Dean Jagger - Grant
Raoul Walsh is often cited as an action director but his films reveal an original narrative structure and a clear psychological approach. His greatest successes are also classics of the film noir genre such as The Roaring Twenties (1939), They Drive By Night (1940) and High Sierra (1941) all star Humphrey Bogart. A reference in the world of cinema, Raoul Walsh died in 1980, leaving behind an impressive body of work, both in terms of quantity and quality, having directed 138 films.