The Call of the Pines

Cherry Landin, a young Australian girl who has lived a sheltered life, goes as governess to the two children of Hugh and Betty Denton, part-owners with Hugh's brother Stephen of a large cattle station in North West Australia. One of her first duties is to fly her younger charge to the nearest town for a polio injection. She is accompanied by Stephen and Betty's glamorous sister Tracy. The plane crashes in the jungle. In the ensuing struggle to survive and reach civilisation Cherry discovers she has unexpectedly primitive emotions—among them a wild jealousy of Tracy, and a despairing love for Stephen.