After her husband dies in a fire, a woman (Susan Hayward) is left to tend for her young son and the family farm on her own. Soon, she takes in a drifting handyman, they fall in love, and a resentment begins to build between the son and his new "step-father" who treats the boy harshly on purpose to prepare him for life on the frontier.
| Sound | Hugo Friedhofer | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | John Mantley | Novel |
| Writing | Sydney Boehm | Writer |
| Directing | Henry Hathaway | Director |
| Camera | William C. Mellor | Director of Photography |
