A 1974 wilderness adventure starring Patrick Wayne (son of John Wayne) as Bob Leslie, recently out of the Army. He’s on a personal mission to visit the father of his best friend there, killed in action. The father is the chief of a small Native American tribe in the northwest mountains, and when Bob arrives, he’s treated with suspicion, but wins the acceptance of Chief A-Tas-Ka-Nay (Chief Dan George). He decides to stay a while and rents a run down cabin on the lake that he fixes up, and later tries to befriend three bear cubs. When their mother is killed by hunters, he decides to raise them until they’re old enough to fend for themselves. The tribe is against this, but Bob perseveres, even when one of the tribe shoots a cub and sets his cabin on fire. The area is set to become part of a national park, and the government wants the tribe to move, but they refuse. Bob attempts to intervene with little success, but eventually a solution is found, and Bob sets the young bears free, as the chief requests.

The title song is “Sweet Surrender” written and performed by John Denver, which became a number one hit for him. In general the film is entertaining if predictable, but the performances are good and I enjoyed watching it. Some of the usual “animals make a mess,” but it’s not excessive. The running time is 89 minutes, and I watched it on Disney Plus.