Gold fever! It made men insane. David Wayne stars as Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer who heads for California during the 1849 gold rush. What he finds is that greed can lead a man down some dark roads, and make him behave in ways he would not have imagined. With a stellar cast that includes Keenan Wynn and James Barton, plus an absolutely scene stealing turn by Jim Backus, this Allied Artists drama shows the long term effects of one mans hunger for gold