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.

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• First National Pictures
• Ann Sheridan
• Ronald Reagan
• Richard Whorf
• George Tobias
• Gene Lockhart
• Alan Hale
• Betty Brewer
• Howard Da Silva