Overview
This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850s. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They prosper in the husband's boat-building business. But when their eldest is 12, tragedy strikes the family, and the 12-year-old is burdened with a terrible task which he handles as well as any adult could.
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Glynis Johns
Jo Eunson
Cameron Mitchell
Robert Eunson
Rex Thompson
Robbie Eunson
Patty McCormack
Annabelle Eunson
Ernest Truex
Doctor Delbert
Hope Emerson
Mrs. Pubmeister
Alan Hale Jr.
Tom Cullen
Sylvia Field
Lelia Delbert
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Movie Info
Release Date
November 13, 1957
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Drama, Family, Romance
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