A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
as Doctor John Pearly
as Fleety Belle
as Captain Eli
as Sheriff Rufe Jeffers
as Duke
as New Moses
as Efe
as Pappy
as Matt Abel
as Chaplain
as Jonah
as Jailer
as Breck
as Jailbird
as Hangman
as Labor Boss
as Townsman
as Sheriff's Wife
as Fleety Belle's brother
as Salesman
as Race Official
as Farmer at Demonstration
as Uncle Jeff
as New Elijah
as Race Spectator
as Ben
as Warden
as Race Organizer
as Fleety Belle's Father
as Townsman
as Governor
as Boy
as Mink
as River Man with Pappy
as Prisoner
as Addie May