94 minutes
2/12/1938
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.
George Brent
as Jared Whitney
Olivia de Havilland
as Serena Ferris
Claude Rains
as Colonel Ferris
Margaret Lindsay
as Rosanne
John Litel
as Ralph Ferris
Marcia Ralston
as Molly Featherstone
Barton MacLane
as Slag Martin
Tim Holt
as Lance Ferris
Sidney Toler
as Harrison McCooey
Henry O'Neill
as Judge
Willie Best
as Joshua
Robert McWade
as Mr. Crouch
George 'Gabby' Hayes
as Enoch
Russell Simpson
as MacKenzie
Harry Davenport
as Dr. Parsons
Clarence Kolb
as Senator Walsh
Moroni Olsen
as Senator Hearst
Erville Alderson
as Lawyer Cryden (uncredited)
Arthur Aylesworth
as Farmer (uncredited)
Dick Botiller
as Ramon - Ferris' Servant (uncredited)
Tom Brower
as Farmer in Meeting (uncredited)
Raymond Brown
as Farmer (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
as Miner (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
as Man in Telegraph Office Door (uncredited)
Alan Davis
as Clerk (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Jim Farley
as Miner (uncredited)
Chester Gan
as Wong - McCooey's Servant (uncredited)
Karl Hackett
as Clerk (uncredited)
Charles Halton
as Turner (uncredited)
Al Haskell
as Farmer (uncredited)
Robert Homans
as Miner Grogan (uncredited)
Edward Keane
as San Francisco Bar Patron (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
as Kingan (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
as Miner (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Daisy Lee
as Moy - Rosanne's Chinese Maid (uncredited)
Nelson McDowell
as Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Lafe McKee
as Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Thomas R. Mills
as Man at Stock Exchange (uncredited)
Sue Moore
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Mower
as Bartender (uncredited)
Bill Nestell
as Miner (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
as San Francisco Bar Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Butler at Party (uncredited)
Bud Osborne
as Farmer (uncredited)
Frank Pharr
as Farmer (uncredited)
Walter Rodgers
as General Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Jack Rutherford
as Miner (uncredited)
Clifford Soubier
as Process Serving Deputy (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford
as Farmer (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
as Vocal Farmer (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
as Butler Announcing Party Guests (uncredited)
Douglas Wood
as Judge H.B. Clayburn (uncredited)