Acting
Robinson's volcanic charm as a man who believes his own press.
Production
Depression-era sets that scream 'we built this overnight.'
Director
Alfred E. Green
Edward G. Robinson
Yates Martin
Bebe Daniels
Lily Owens Martin
Aline MacMahon
Sarah Martin
DeWitt Jennings
George, the Mine Foreman
Robert Warwick
Colonel Stanton
Russell Simpson
Hamlin
Harry Holman
Adams
Bonita Granville
Liddy (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Jenkins
Emmett Corrigan
President Arthur
Christian Rub
Rische
Lee Kohlmar
Hook
Wade Boteler
A miner
John Marston
Gelsey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Horace Tabor, the 'Bonanza King of Leadville,' whose real-life second wife Baby Doe froze to death in a shack decades later.
Made just before the Hays Code crackdown—note how freely it condemns marriage and celebrates materialism without punishment.
US
