The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. When the train is robbed, everyone thinks that Cotton and Violet were the ones that did the job, but no one has any proof. US Marshal Lloyd Richland comes into town in disguise to find the truth and he finds that the sheriff is corrupt and that the Goss family is gosh darn nice. They take in Richland and a stranded woman named Mary without any questions. Cotton believes that Sheriff Tatum shot their pa in the back, and the sheriff is now trying to plug the boys. Richland is looking for the train robbers, and at the same time is keeping an eye on Tatum and the lovely young Mary.
Cast
James Craig
Lloyd Richland aka Rich Williams
Donna Reed
Mary Lingen
Marjorie Main
Annie Goss
Harry Morgan
Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)
Paul Langton
Violet Goss
Barton MacLane
Sheriff Tatum
John Philliber
Barrow
Morris Ankrum
Deputy Gansby
Noah Beery
Hansen (Noah Berry Sr.)
Frank Darien
Jake
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
Crew
Andrew Marton
Director
Gene Fowler
Writer
Lawrence Hazard
Screenplay
MacKinlay Kantor
Novel
Chester W. Schaeffer
Editor
Charles Salerno Jr.
Director of Photography
Walter Lundin
Director of Photography
Robert Sisk
Producer
Dave Ragin
Camera Operator
Irene
Costume Supervisor
Glen Barner
Assistant Art Director
Charles E. Wallace
Sound Mixer
David Snell
Music
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Leonid Vasian
Art Direction
