In 1935 Toronto, Jane Stuart's mother has taken ill, and the two of them have temporarily moved in with her rich, snobbish grandmother, where Jane is verbally abused and her mother bullied. Jane is forced into a private academy, in which the other girls tell her that her father, whom Jane believes to be dead, is actually alive. Soon after, Andrew Stuart sends word that he would like to meet his long-lost daughter, so Jane is sent by train to Bright River to stay with him, where she encounters an old mystery that she must help her father overcome, new friends, and the chance to bring her father and mother back together again.
Mairon Bennett
as Jane Stuart
Sam Waterston
as Andrew Stuart
Patricia Phillips
as Robin Stuart
Zoe Caldwell
as Mrs. Kennedy
Sarah Polley
as Jody Turner
Colleen Dewhurst
as Hepzibah
Vivian Reis
as Aunt Irene
Joyce Campion
as Violet Titus
Florence Paterson
as Justina Titus
Sharry Flett
as Lillian Morrow
Glori Gage
as Evelyn Morrow
Dora Dainton
as Aggie
