The story of Elam Harnish, a gold prospector and adventurer nicknamed Time-Won't-Wait, who "was a gambler by nature, and life seemed to him to be a most exciting game." In the course of this game for wealth and power, he becomes cynical and heartless. Having become a successful businessman, he lives and acts according to the laws of the jungle. A change comes over him after he meets stenographer Did Mason. Based on the novel of the same name by Jack London.
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Juozas Budraitis
Elam Harnish
Mikhail Matveev
Louis, the gold digger
Viktor Plyut
Larry, businessman
Vaiva Mainelytė
Madonna
Olga Barnet
Did Messon
Felix Einas
Lon, the gold digger
Vladimir Volchik
Bettls, golddigger
Nikolay Kuzmin
Campbell, golddigger
Boris Vladomirsky
Jack, golddigger
Pavel Kashlakov
golddigger
Khariy Shveyts
Olof, golddigger
Dmytro Kapka
priest
Arkady Pyshnyak
Osvalds Bērziņš
Mak
Emmanuil Vitorgan
Jack, golddigger
