Synopsis
After her husband dies in a fire, a woman (Susan Hayward) is left to tend for her young son and the family farm on her own. Soon, she takes in a drifting handyman, they fall in love, and a resentment begins to build between the son and his new "step-father" who treats the boy harshly on purpose to prepare him for life on the frontier.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Henry HathawayDirector
- Sydney BoehmWriter
- Hugo FriedhoferOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Susan HaywardMary Sharron
- Stephen BoydFred Carter
- Barbara NicholsMayme Radzevitch
- Dennis HolmesRobbie Sharron
- Theodore BikelDr. R. W. Gibbs
- Ken ScottSergeant Le Moyne
- James PhilbrookHenri
- Florence MacMichaelMrs. Bedelia Gibbs
Stills
Themes
widowquicksandflooded river