California, 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and purchases the Chinese Kim Sung from the auction with the intent of setting her free. But it doesn't occur to Linc that setting her free isn't enough. Where is she going to go? Kim doesn't speak English and she's just going to be exploited by somebody else. Linc takes Kim home to serve as a housekeeper. Ma Bartlett Linc's mother, is not happy that a Chinese girl is living in her home, and even less happy when Kim and her son fall in love. Their affair also arouses the jealousy of Cheng Lu, a Chinese immigrant.
Cast
Jack Lord
Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett
Nobu McCarthy
Kim Sung
James Shigeta
Cheng Lu
Mel Tormé
The Deacon
Josephine Hutchinson
Ma Bartlett
Rodolfo Acosta
Sheriff Marguelez
Benson Fong
Wu
Michael Pate
Rev. Will Allen
Lilyan Chauvin
Mme. Lili Raide
Don Kennedy
Masters
Don 'Red' Barry
Cabot
Lester Matthews
Peter Mott
Michael Ross
Taffy
Charles Irwin
Angus
Tom Kennedy
Jethro the Bartender
Tony Young
Cabot
Natalie Trundy
Mrs. Susan Allen
Allen Jaffe
Breed
Crew
James Clavell
Director, Writer, Producer
Daniel Mainwaring
Writer
Howard A. Smith
Editor
Terry O. Morse
Editor
Loyal Griggs
Director of Photography
Richard Caffey
Assistant Director
Edward R. Morse
Casting
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Paul Dunlap
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Robert R. Benton
Set Decoration
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Benson Fong
Technical Advisor
Norbert Haring
Grip
Roland Anderson
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
