This film is based on the novel, Mrs. Mike, which is based on the real life woman, Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan. A Boston teenager is sent to live with her uncle in frontier Canada because of her fragile health. She eventually falls in love with one of the few young, white males in the region. They marry and depart for the northern wilderness to set up house and home. The rest of the movie is about her struggles and joys of living and travelling in this rugged country.

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Cast

Dick Powell

Sgt. Mike Flannigan

Evelyn Keyes

Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan

J.M. Kerrigan

Uncle John

Angela Clarke

Sarah Carpentier

Will Wright

Dr. McIntosh

Nan Boardman

Georgette Beauclaire

Frances Morris

Mrs. Howard

John Miljan

Mr. Howard

Chief Yowlachie

Atenou

Fred Aldrich

Louis Beauclaire

Hamilton Camp

Tommy Howard

Iron Eyes Cody

Chief Iron Eyes (uncredited)