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.
Genre: Western
Stars: Jack Lord, Nobu McCarthy, James Shigeta, Mel Tormé, Josephine Hutchinson, Rodolfo Acosta
Crew: James Clavell (Director), James Clavell (Writer), Daniel Mainwaring (Writer), James Clavell (Producer), Paul Dunlap (Original Music Composer), Loyal Griggs (Director of Photography)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: James Clavell Productions
Runtime: 95 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 01, 1960
IMDb: 6
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