Ruthlessly...they tore down mountains, ruined land, wrecked lives! Eternally...their mighty story will stand ...the miracle of the screen!
6.9
94 min
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.
Name | Character | Team | |
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George Brent | Jared Whitney | Unowned | |
Olivia de Havilland | Serena Ferris | Unowned | |
Claude Rains | Colonel Ferris | Unowned | |
Margaret Lindsay | Rosanne | Unowned | |
John Litel | Ralph Ferris | Unowned | |
Marcia Ralston | Molly Featherstone | Unowned | |
Barton MacLane | Slag Martin | Unowned | |
Tim Holt | Lance Ferris | Unowned | |
Sidney Toler | Harrison McCooey | Unowned | |
Henry O'Neill | Judge | Unowned | |
Willie Best | Joshua | Unowned | |
Robert McWade | Mr. Crouch | Unowned | |
George 'Gabby' Hayes | Enoch | Unowned | |
Russell Simpson | MacKenzie | Unowned | |
Harry Davenport | Dr. Parsons | Unowned | |
Clarence Kolb | Senator Walsh | Unowned | |
Moroni Olsen | Senator Hearst | Unowned | |
Erville Alderson | Lawyer Cryden (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Arthur Aylesworth | Farmer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Dick Botiller | Ramon - Ferris' Servant (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Tom Brower | Farmer in Meeting (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Raymond Brown | Farmer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Edmund Cobb | Miner (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Tex Cooper | Man in Telegraph Office Door (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Alan Davis | Clerk (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Sarah Edwards | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Jim Farley | Miner (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Chester Gan | Wong - McCooey's Servant (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Karl Hackett | Clerk (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Charles Halton | Turner (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Al Haskell | Farmer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Robert Homans | Miner Grogan (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Edward Keane | San Francisco Bar Patron (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Cy Kendall | Kingan (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Jack Kenny | Miner (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Milton Kibbee | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Daisy Lee | Moy - Rosanne's Chinese Maid (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Nelson McDowell | Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Lafe McKee | Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Thomas R. Mills | Man at Stock Exchange (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Sue Moore | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Jack Mower | Bartender (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Bill Nestell | Miner (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Wedgwood Nowell | San Francisco Bar Patron (uncredited) | Unowned | |
William H. O'Brien | Butler at Party (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Bud Osborne | Farmer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Frank Pharr | Farmer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Walter Rodgers | General Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Jack Rutherford | Miner (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Clifford Soubier | Process Serving Deputy (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Blackie Whiteford | Farmer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Guy Wilkerson | Vocal Farmer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Eric Wilton | Butler Announcing Party Guests (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Douglas Wood | Judge H.B. Clayburn (uncredited) | Unowned |