the wolf howl . and dance in the moonlight . the raven watch . enrapture . by his grand display of gallantry . many winter ago and a young winomish indian maiden be pick wildflower in an open thicket near her village . suddenly and out of the corner of her magnificent brown eye and a sudden movement cause her heart to almost cease beating . she stand motionless and shake violently with fear and a a huge wolf with steely green gold eye and slowly walk within a few foot of her basket . catch her scent on the gentle breeze and the wolf edge closer and closer . the maiden pounding heart suddenly skip a beat and a the wolf be abruptly distract by a sleek black raven and who fly teasingly close and then quickly retreat to a nearby tree branch . the raven glide toward the wolf once more . she be wild and unpredictable . the wolf curiously watch her with calculate eye . the maiden hold her breath and a the wolf stretch out his long gray body upon the soft mossy grass . and cup his large head between his paw . the raven and unwilling to go unnoticed and flutter brazenly close to the wolf and then gently come to rest on his soft gray shoulder and and they would lie together . wolf and raven . draw around themselves . the sleek blackness of the raven mystery . and the unexpected gallantry of the lone wolf . many winter pass and and the young maiden be now an old indian squaw and playing in the open thicket with her only granddaughter . she would smile when she look into the dark mysterious eye of this half breed child . the girl be unusually beautiful and as bewitching a the white man who have father her . the old woman have name her hannah raven and for the two culture she espouse . look out onto the mossy grass and the old woman tell the girl of the legend of the wolf and raven . it be the child favorite story . each time she hear it and she would smile and and stare off into the forest . she know . he would come for her . so she watch . and wait . dane corvin come to raven mountain unexpectedly . he be tall and handsome and exude the appeal strength of a rugged outdoors man . his favorite uncle have raise him and and the magnificent beauty of the puget sound and it breathtaking mountain and forest and have always lure dane lonely heart back to the root of his childhood . the indian take to him immediately . he fit right in with their passion and pastime . hannah quietly observe this gallant stranger . she be particularly fascinate with his steely green gold eye . she be captivate by his strength and and unexpected gallantry . her brother be wary and even suspicious of the new comer to the mountain while but hannah have recognize him immediately . he be her wolf . the winomish indian have always fish the water of the sound . federal law have deem their practice illegal and but for many moon it have be a tribal tradition . it have finally become necessary to send a federal game agent to investigate the illegal poaching and selling of salmon . while dane keep busy gather evidence from the unsuspecting indian and hannah quietly observe . dane have notice the beautiful bohemian maiden and and be attract to her earthy and sensual beauty and and artistic flare . dane enjoy be in her presence and and the mysterious and unpredictable hannah take every opportunity to walk and talk with the handsome stranger . one night she lead him to her secret place deep in the mountain . away from the watchful eye of the tribe and dane and hannah fell deeply in love and and begin a secret and passionate love affair . when dane investigation suddenly turn dangerous and and hannah brother be arrest and send to prison and hannah learn that dane be a federal agent . feel betrayed and she tell him to leave and and never come back . the broken hearted wolf react to his pain by retreat from raven mountain for twenty long winter . when he finally return to be with his die uncle and he be face with the fall out of his love and and the passionate moment he share with the beautiful hannah raven . dane now have to deal with . hidden revelation . of all that have happen during . all the winter that have be . richard chamberlain and karen allen star in this sensual and passionate love story . karen allen be brilliant a the bohemian artist and and his beautiful and earthy love interest . the character of dane corvin be a perfect fit for richard chamberlain . it be a if he slip into a very real part of himself . i find this character to be unusually calm and centered and and most captivating . it be difficult to decipher where richard chamberlain the actor begin and and dane corvin the character end . i believe that be call . magnificent act . he and karen allen have dazzle on screen chemistry and and the sexual tension be electrify . martin rabbett brilliantly direct this magnificent film and slowly and visually capture his audience attention and interest . after read the novel and which i felt be somewhat trite and the film be even more impressive . it be amaze to see the depth and to which the director and and actor take this poignant love story . this be an extraordinary achievement for martin rabbett and and definitely one of richard chamberlain fine performance ever .