Story :Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
Cast
Gary CooperDusty Rivers
Madeleine CarrollApril Logan
Paulette GoddardLouvette Corbeau
Preston FosterSergeant Jim Brett
Robert PrestonRonnie Logan
Akim TamiroffDan Duroc
George BancroftJacques Corbeau
Lynne OvermanTod McDuff
Walter HampdenBig Bear
Lon Chaney Jr.Shorty
Montagu LoveInspector Cabot
Francis McDonaldLouis Riel
George E. StoneJohnny Pelang
Willard RobertsonSupt. Harrington
Regis ToomeyConstable Jerry Moore
Richard DenningConstable Thornton
Douglas KennedyConstable Carter
Robert RyanConstable Dumont
James SeayConstable Fenton
Lane ChandlerConstable Fyffe
Ralph ByrdConstable Ackroyd
Eric AldenConstable Kent
Wallace Reid Jr.Constable Rankin
Bud GearyConstable Herrick
Jack PennickSergeant Field
Rod CameronCorporal Underhill
Davison ClarkSurgeon Roberts
Jack ChapinBugler
Chief ThundercloudWandering Spirit
Harry BurnsThe Crow
Louis MerrillLesure
Clara BlandickMrs. Burns
Ynez SeaburyMrs. Shorty
Eva PuigEkawe
Julia FayeWapiskau
Sam AshVillager (uncredited)
Earl AskamMountie (uncredited)
Douglas BatesConstable Sanderson (uncredited)
John BeachConstable Simpson (uncredited)
Chief John Big TreeBlue Owl (uncredited)
Cecil B. DeMilleNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
Donald CurtisMountie Secretary (uncredited)
Jack Rube CliffordHalf-breed Archer (uncredited)
Anthony CarusoHalf-breed at Riel's HQ (uncredited)