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WhiletravelingtoNome,Alaska,RoyGlenister(GaryCooper)meetsbeautifulHelenChester(KayJohnson),whosoonbecomeshissweetheart.GlenisterisoneofseveralownersofalucrativeminecalledTheMidas.WhenhearrivesinNome,hediscoversthathispartners,SlapjackSimms(SlimSummerville)andJoeDextry(JamesKirkwood),areinthemiddleofalegaldisputewiththreecorruptofficials:UnitedStatesMarshalVoorhees(JackHolmes),JudgeStillman(LloydIngraham),andapoliticiannamedAlecMcNamara(William"Stage"Boyd).Theyhavebeenengagedinaracketclaimingtitlestovariousmines,ejectingtheminers,andthenmakingMcNamaraownerofthedisputedproperties.ThethreecorruptofficialslayclaimtoTheMidas.McNamaraalsostealsmoneyfromGlenister,Dextry,andSlapjack,preventingthemfromenlistinglegalhelpfromtheUnitedStates.WhenDextryandGlenisterplanavigilanteaction,McNamaracallsinadetailofsoldierstoprotect"hisproperty".AsGlenisterandMcNamaraprepareforagunfight,theyaredissuadedbyHelen,whosuggeststhatthecourtshandlethedispute.Later,afterjealoussaloonownerCherryMalotte(BettyCompson)liestoGlennistertellinghimthatHelenandMcNamaraareconspiringtocheathimagain,GlennisterandMcNamarasettletheirdifferenceswithaspectacularfistfight,withMcNamaragettingtheworst.Afterwards,GlenisterwinsthehandofHelen.
