Plot
In 1850 Natchez, Mississippi, Sally Sinclair is sentenced to prison as an accessory to murder. Upon her release five years later, she vows to acquire the money needed to care for her young sister Nan. By the 1860s, Sally has used her skill at gambling to amass a fortune. She becomes a successful casino owner in San Francisco under the name of Belle Le Grand.
Belle becomes involved in a silver-mine intrigue between rivals Lucky John Kilton and Montgomery Crane, Belle's longtime nemesis. When Nan, now a talented opera singer because of lessons funded by Belle, sings in a concert in San Francisco, she catches the eye of Kilton, although Belle is interested in him.
In Virginia City, Nevada, Belle must use her wits and wealth to help her sister even as she fights her feelings for Kilton and battles Crane, their mutual enemy.
Reception
In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Bosley Crowther lamented the film's familiar characters and premise, writing: "[O]ur old friend, the lady gambler, has not noticeably improved with age. As a matter of fact, in this instance, she doesn't seem to have changed one tiny bit since she used to be acted by such ladies as Corinne Griffith and Clara Kimball Young. And the story, as well as the company which she keeps, in this fustian film smacks much more of antique melodrama than it does of contemporary styles." [6]
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