Upstanding 1880s Memphis lawyer John Wayne travels down the Mississippi to try to halt an illegal lottery racket in the corruption-plagued city of New Orleans. Along the way he meets and falls for Louisiana belle Ona Munson, unaware that her father leads the crooks running the lottery. Stylish frontier drama, highlighted by a levee-bursting flood that overwhelms the Big Easy (!), also stars Henry Stephenson, Ray Middleton, and Dorothy Dandridge. 83 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.