An adventure film starring
Rita Tushingham ,
Oliver Reed Canadain the mid-19th century: after a hard winter, Jean La Bete , a lone trapper, returns to a small pioneering settlement in British Columbia with a rich prize of furs to sell. When he leaves he has bought a wife -Eve, a dumb servant girl-and their strange marriage begins. Before them lies the daunting prospect of the harsh, unending struggle for survival on the untamed frontier.
Producer GEORGE H. BROWN Reed SIDNEY HAYERS