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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.
Theatrical
Nov 13, 1957
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 11, 2008
Director
Writers
Music
Studio
Sam Wiesenthal Productions, RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Full credits →G
Glynis Johns
Jo Eunson
C
Cameron Mitchell
Robert Eunson
R
Rex Thompson
Robbie Eunson
P
Patty McCormack
Annabelle Eunson
E
Ernest Truex
Doctor Delbert
H
Hope Emerson
Mrs. Pubmeister
A
Alan Hale Jr.
Tom Cullen
S
Sylvia Field
Lelia Delbert
R
Royal Dano
Howard Tyler
R
Reta Shaw
Mrs. Runyon
S
Stephen Wootton
Jimmy Eunson
T
Tom Nolan
Kirk Eunson
R
Rita Johnson
Katie Tyler
E
Ellen Corby
Mrs. Raiden
F
Francis De Sales
Mr. Stephens
J
Jon Provost
Robbie Eunson - age 6
D
Dabbs Greer
Clendenning
M
Mary Adams
Mrs. Roscoe
