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.
Glynis Johns
as Jo Eunson
Cameron Mitchell
as Robert Eunson
Rex Thompson
as Robbie Eunson
Patty McCormack
as Annabelle Eunson
Ernest Truex
as Doctor Delbert
Hope Emerson
as Mrs. Pubmeister
Alan Hale Jr.
as Tom Cullen
Sylvia Field
as Lelia Delbert
Royal Dano
as Howard Tyler
Reta Shaw
as Mrs. Runyon
Stephen Wootton
as Jimmy Eunson
Tom Nolan
as Kirk Eunson
