Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian, and teams up with Sam Wilkins, a claim jumper employed by Willis Haver. Six years later, Powell returns to Indiana and his sweetheart, Julie. They marry and he tries farming again but, on the night their son is born, he takes off again searching for gold.
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Cast:
David Wayne – Tracy Powell
Keenan Wynn – Sam Wilkins
James Barton – Jimmo McCann
Marcia Henderson – Julie
Jim Backus – Willis Haver
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