"A tycoon rises to the top in 19th-century San Francisco through greed and corruption."
David Brian
as Rip MacCool
Arlene Dahl
as Lily Douvane
Barry Sullivan
as Johnny Sanderson
Mercedes McCambridge
as Ada Stritch
Paula Raymond
as Zoe Carnot
Claude Jarman Jr.
as Rip MacCool (age 16)
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
Monica Lewis
as Cafe Singer
John Hoyt
as Flutey Johnson
Roland Winters
as Alexander Tomson
Barbara Billingsley
as Miss Meadson
Hayden Rorke
as Carlson
Mae Clarke
as Nurse
Percy Helton
as Lawyer Anderson
Nedrick Young
as Accountant
Gerald Mayer
Director
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Newell P. Kimlin
Editor
Lennie Hayton
Music
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Richard Goldstone
Producer
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Daniel B. Cathcart
A. Arnold Gillespie
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Alex Romero
Choreographer
Guy Trosper
Story
Arthur Krams
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Screenplay
Ray June
Director of Photography