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.
Unfortunately the movie A Yankee from the West is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Writing | Opie Read | Novel |
| Writing | Mary H. O'Connor | Scenario Writer |
| Directing | George Siegmann | Director |
