

A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.

Sidney Poitier
Buck

Harry Belafonte
Preacher

Ruby Dee
Ruth

Cameron Mitchell
Deshay

Denny Miller
Floyd

Nita Talbot
Madam Esther
John Kelly
Sheriff

Tony Brubaker
Headman
Bobby Johnson
Man Who is Shot

James McEachin
Kingston