Plot:

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.

Tags:

Actors - Crew

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

James Clavell
Director

Daniel Mainwaring
Writer

Roland Anderson
Art Direction

Edward R. Morse
Casting

Hal Pereira
Art Direction

Robert R. Benton
Set Decoration

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