A riverboat journey brings John Wayne ("Reynolds") and Ona Munson ("Julie Mirabeau") together, bound for New Orleans. Upon their arrival, they encounter Helen Westley ("Blanche") and her father, Henry Stephenson ("Gen. Mirabeau"), which quickly reveals the situation: Lawyer Duke has been called in by Westley to look into the city's lottery operation managed by Stephenson. The General projects an image of a very prope…