两名来自肯塔基州的彪悍山民，加入了从圣路易斯出发沿密苏里河而上的贸易远征队，计划用威士忌与黑脚族印第安人交换毛皮。然而他们很快发现，这场旅程需要应对的远不止恶劣的自然环境。
Kirk Douglas
Jim Deakins
Dewey Martin
Boone Caudill
Elizabeth Threatt
Teal Eye
Arthur Hunnicutt
Zeb Calloway
Buddy Baer
Romaine
Steven Geray
"Frenchy" Jourdonnais
Henri Letondal
La Badie
Hank Worden
Poordevil
Jim Davis
Streak
Thol Simonson
Boatman
William Self
Beulah Archuletta
Blackfoot Dancer
Frank De Kova
Moleface (uncredited)
John George
Passerby (uncredited)
