During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers and pickers struggle under the buyer who rules by monopoly, dirty contracts and violence. Steve helps organize against the buyer, leading to further escalation ending in a lynch mob.
Cast
Ann Sheridan
Lola Mears
Ronald Reagan
Steve Talbot
Richard Whorf
Danny Frazier
George Tobias
Nick Garcos, the Greek
Gene Lockhart
Henry Madden
Alan Hale
Yippee 'Yip'
Betty Brewer
Skeeter
Howard Da Silva
Cully
Donald MacBride
'Muckeye' John
Willard Robertson
Mister Just
Faye Emerson
Violet 'Murph' Murphy
Willie Best
Jo-Mo
Fuzzy Knight
Ike Harper
Crew
Curtis Bernhardt
Director
Kenneth Gamet
Adaptation
A.I. Bezzerides
Screenplay
Theodore Pratt
Story
Warren Low
Editor
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
Jesse Hibbs
Assistant Director
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jack Saper
Associate Producer
Jerry Wald
Associate Producer
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Charles Lang
Sound
Adolph Deutsch
Original Music Composer
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction
