Director Allan King's 1981 drama, based on true events, stars Ellen Burstyn as a strong-willed woman struggling to survive with her family in the Canadian wilderness.
Ellen Burstyn
as Olive Frederickson
Gordon Pinsent
as John Frederickson
Tom Skerritt
as Walter Reamer
Colin Fox
as Arthur Herriot
Jennifer McKinney
as Little Olive Reamer
Donna Dobrijevic
as Vala Reamer
Jeff Banks
as Lewis Reamer
David Fox
as Lea Goodwin
Frank C. Turner
as Young Man
