Ann-Margret definitely turns in a very good performance here as a widow living in a gorgeous mansion in the woods. Her eyesight is failing but she has undying memories of her husband who has been gone for 8 years.
The husband's nephew and niece want to get the property to develop it and sell. Sounds like an awfully familiar theme.
Along drops in a drifter whose wife has abandoned him. He comes with his daughter. The drifter is hired by Margret to do chores and of course Tula (Margret) forms an attachment with the child.
There is a social worker who invariably falls for the drifter. When the latter spurns the niece, this adds further fuel to the fire. The nephew and niece make sure to have him beaten up, have his identity thoroughly checked, and threaten the social worker accordingly.
Had they found something real juicy with the drifter involving a court case and eventual exoneration, this would have made for a far more interesting film. Nonetheless, we see Ann-Margret vying for independence and eventually finding a new love in the town doctor.
The happy ending shows that a new family can unite and that the greedy can't always get their way.
The husband's nephew and niece want to get the property to develop it and sell. Sounds like an awfully familiar theme.
Along drops in a drifter whose wife has abandoned him. He comes with his daughter. The drifter is hired by Margret to do chores and of course Tula (Margret) forms an attachment with the child.
There is a social worker who invariably falls for the drifter. When the latter spurns the niece, this adds further fuel to the fire. The nephew and niece make sure to have him beaten up, have his identity thoroughly checked, and threaten the social worker accordingly.
Had they found something real juicy with the drifter involving a court case and eventual exoneration, this would have made for a far more interesting film. Nonetheless, we see Ann-Margret vying for independence and eventually finding a new love in the town doctor.
The happy ending shows that a new family can unite and that the greedy can't always get their way.