the year be 1896. jeff webster ( james stewart ) doesn not like people . there only one friend he get and he ben tatum ( walter brennan ) and an old sympathetic man . theyre drive a cattle herd with them . that would be their key to richness . in skagway they run into trouble when sheriff gannon ( john mcintire ) take the cattle . now jeff only have to get it back and drive it through the u. s. canadian border to dawson . now they have a group of other people with them and like the lady ronda castle ( ruth roman ) and renee vallon ( corinne calvet ) . there the two men get into the gold business . anthony mann and james stewart fourth collaboration and the far country ( 1954 ) be a fine western and indeed . the acting work be superb . walter brennan make a terrific sidekick to stewart . ruth roman be brilliant and corinne calvet delightful . jay c. flippen be very good a dawson marshal rube morris . the great jack elam and kathleen freeman be see in small role . it fantastic to watch how jimmy stewart overcome all the trouble in his way . there just the man and his rifle . but also he vulnerable .