Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, The Dutchman, is out to get both gold and revenge from certain people in a small mining town who had him imprisoned unjustly. The other, McBain, is just trying to go straight, but that is easier said than done once The Dutchman involves him in his gold theft scheme. Based on the 1949 novel The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett, the story is given an 1898 setting. It is the second film adaptation of the novel following 1950's noir classic The Asphalt Jungle.
as Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman)
as John McBain
as Anita
as Ada Winton
as Cyril Lounsberry
as Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
as Sample
as Comanche
as Deputy Leslie
as Yuma Prison Warden
as Lee
as Miner (uncredited)
as Yuma Prison Board Member
as Raquel
as Mine Worker (uncredited)
as Pancho, Mine Worker (uncredited)
as Yuma Prison Board Member (uncredited)
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
as Old Woman Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
