Acting
Beery and O'Brien's chemistry is pure studio-system magic.
Writing
Reformed-bandit trope done with genuine warmth, not cynicism.
Director
S. Sylvan Simon
Wallace Beery
Zeb Bascomb alias Ezekiel 'Zeke' Smith
Margaret O'Brien
Emmy
Marjorie Main
Abbey Hanks
J. Carrol Naish
Bart Yancy
Frances Rafferty
Dora McCabe
Marshall Thompson
Jimmy Holden
Russell Simpson
Elijah Walker
Warner Anderson
Luther Mason
Donald Curtis
John Fulton
Connie Gilchrist
Annie Freemont
Sara Haden
Tillie Lovejoy
Renie Riano
Lucy Lovejoy
Jane Green
Hannah McCabe
Henry O'Neill
Gov. Winton
Frank Darien
Moab McCabe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Wallace Beery's final films; he died less than a year after its release.
The film's sympathetic Mormon portrayal was unusual for 1946 Hollywood, which typically portrayed them with suspicion.
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