Edmond O'Brien stars as Jim Vesser, leading a team of railroading men determined to build a rail line through a treacherous mountain pass. Their efforts are threatened by a rival group of construction workers who resort to sabotage, hoping to lay their own tracks first and claim the lucrative railroad contract for themselves. Cast: - Edmond O'Brien as Jim Vesser - Sterling Hayden as McCabe - Dean Jagger as General William J. Palmer - Kasey Rogers as Linda Nelson alias Linda Prescott (credited as Laura Elliott) - Lyle Bettger as Johnny Buff - J. Carrol Naish as Gil Harkness - Zasu Pitts as Jane Dwyer - Tom Powers as Sloan - Robert Barrat as Charlie Haskins - Paul Fix as Engineer Moynihan - Don Haggerty as Bob Nelson - James Burke as Sheriff Ed Johnson - Jack Daly as Tolliver, General's Secretary (uncredited) - Lester Dorr as the Dealer (uncredited) - Jimmie Dundee as a Train Engineer (uncredited) - George Magrill as a Railroad Worker (uncredited) - Forrest Taylor as Mac (uncredited) Runtime: 89 minutes