Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 1890s Wyoming to become farmers. Soon, they come face-to-face with tornadoes, bears and wolves. But through the hardships their love for each other endures, even when a local rancher sees the newcomers as "squatters" on his land, and will stop at nothing – including murder – to drive them out.
Steve Forrest
as Jim Tanner
Vera Miles
as Kate Tanner
Ron Howard
as Virgil Tanner
Clint Howard
as Andrew Tanner
Jack Elam
as Thompson
Frank De Kova
as Two Dog
Morgan Woodward
as Ab Cross
Dub Taylor
as Phil
Woody Chambliss
as Dakota
Karl Swenson
as Jensen
Mills Watson
as Feathers
Rance Howard
as Cleve
