After County Attorney Dave Connors helps Julian Norman with her shiftless father, Jefferson Norman, she leaves Jericho, Kansas to college to study for a law degree.A few years later, Algeria Wedge, the new bride of Dave's best friend, Tucker Wedge, makes overtures and plays for Dave, much to the displeasure of Dave's hard-drinking wife Belle. Angered by Dave's rebuffs, Algeria induces the state political boss to back Tucker for a Congress race against Dave. Meanwhile, Julia has returned to Jericho, with her law degree, and she and Dave fall in love.
Elenco: Cornel Wilde , Linda Darnell , Anne Baxter , Kirk Douglas , Ann Dvorak , Marjorie Rambeau , Henry Hull , Colleen Townsend , Barton MacLane , Griff Barnett , William Tracy , Art Baker , Patricia Morison , Frank Ferguson , Helen Brown , Will Wright , Edwin Maxwell , Hope Landin , Milton Parsons , Oliver Blake , Gene Nelson , Ann Doran , Dorothy Granger , Tom Moore .