"A tycoon rises to the top in 19th-century San Francisco through greed and corruption."
David Brian
as Rip MacCool
Arlene Dahl
as Lily Douvane
Barry Sullivan
as Johnny Sanderson
Mercedes McCambridge
as Ada Stritch
Paula Raymond
as Zoe Carnot
Claude Jarman Jr.
as Rip MacCool (age 16)
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
Monica Lewis
as Cafe Singer
John Hoyt
as Flutey Johnson
Roland Winters
as Alexander Tomson
Barbara Billingsley
as Miss Meadson
Hayden Rorke
as Carlson
Mae Clarke
as Nurse
Percy Helton
as Lawyer Anderson
Nedrick Young
as Accountant
Gerald Mayer
Director
Richard Goldstone
Producer
Guy Trosper
Story
Screenplay
Lennie Hayton
Music
Newell P. Kimlin
Editor
Daniel B. Cathcart
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Arthur Krams
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Warren Newcombe
Alex Romero
Choreographer
Ray June
Director of Photography