
In this Depression-era tale, Calef is traveling from Michigan to California and stops in Spooner, Missouri, where Lute hires him for odd jobs. Calef gets involved with Lute's niece, Hannah. But she is married to Sidney, a wife-beating drunk who hopes to inherit his uncle-in-law's money. Sidney and an eccentric preacher plot against Calef, who finds it difficult to conceal his mysterious past and his growing affection for Sidney's wife.

as Sidney Brenshaw

as Hannah Brenshaw

as Calif McKinney

as Eule

as Maggie Marie

as Clara Belle

as Injoys

as Lute Wade

as Sheriff Able

as Brother Hanson

as Sister Hanson

as Thurmond Pate

as o.A.