A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.
Lee Marvin
as Ben Rumson
Clint Eastwood
as "Pardner"
Jean Seberg
as Elizabeth Woodling
Ray Walston
as "Mad Jack" Duncan
Harve Presnell
as "Rotten Luck Willie"
Tom Ligon
as Horton Fenty
Alan Dexter
as Parson
Terry Jenkins
as Joe Mooney
Paula Trueman
as Mrs. Fenty
H.B. Haggerty
as Steve Bull
Benny Baker
as Haywood Holbrook
William O'Connell
as Horace Tabor
