Billy Milford, Harvard graduate, goes west to seek his fortune. In Addertown he secures a position as stationmaster of the L. & R. Railroad, but is forced out because of his drinking habits. He accidentally meets Gunhild, an emigrant Norwegian girl, as she arrives in Addertown to take up her home with Jan Hagsberg, the town's saloonkeeper. Seeking revenge on the railroad, Milford joins Jim Dorsey in a scheme to hold up the road's paymaster on his way to pay the employees of the company's mine.
Wallace Reid
Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the MudJosephine Crowell
Mrs. Stuvic, an Illinois MatronSeena Owen
Gunhild, a Norwegian GirlTom Wilson
Jim Dorsey, Milford's PalWilliam H. Brown
Jan Hagnerg, Gunhild's UncleAl W. Filson
Whitney Mills, R.R. SuperintendentFred Gamble
The Railroad SuperintendentGeorge Siegmann
Sheriff Dick