It's colonial-era America in John Ford's adventure tale, starring Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert as Gilbert and Lana Martin. The pair is taken in by a spinster after their colony is regularly attacked by Indians (Edna May Oliver). While Lana gives birth to a son, Gilbert goes off to fight the Indians and the British. Lana and Gilbert are separated. When he gets home, injured, he discovers that the Indians have attacked his family once more.
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It's colonial-era America in John Ford's adventure tale, starring Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert as Gilbert and Lana Martin. The pair is taken in by a spinster after their colony is regularly attacked by Indians (Edna May Oliver). While Lana gives birth to a son, Gilbert goes off to fight the Indians and the British. Lana and Gilbert are separated. When he gets home, injured, he discovers that the Indians have attacked his family once more.
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