Set against a backdrop of the dangerous and often brutal days of the early Western pioneers, David Harvey (William Holden) is a widower with a young son, living on an isolated Ohio farm. David wants his son to be raised the way his wife wanted, with schooling, Bible study and proper manners, so he consults the preacher at a nearby settlement who recommends that a bonded servant Rachel (Loretta Young) would make him a suitable wife. David takes Rachel on to cook and clean for him as a marriage of convenience, and although he treats her well, there is no affection between them, until his smooth-talking friend, Jim Fairways (Robert Mitchum) arrives. When Jim shows an obvious interest in Rachel, David begins to realise that there is a woman in his house.
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