John Wayne shares the screen with Randolph Scott and Marlene Dietrich. The Duke plays Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham, who is always looking for something better, tries to make some quick bucks with his best friend Cash Evans (Scott). The two take jobs in the coal mines. Markham is unsatisfied, but has more than enough ambition and by "hook or crook" manipulates financial backing to eventually become a wealthy tycoon in the coal and steel industry. His over bearing and sometimes underhanded methods as a player in in the battle between labor and management affords him the loss of his best friend Cash and drives away the woman he loves (Dietrich).
Rounding out the cast: Frank Craven, Samuel S. Hinds, Louise Allbritton, Paul Fix, Thomas Gomez, Charles Arnt and Ludwig Stossel.
Rounding out the cast: Frank Craven, Samuel S. Hinds, Louise Allbritton, Paul Fix, Thomas Gomez, Charles Arnt and Ludwig Stossel.