The Wild North (also known as The Big North, Constable Pedley, The Constable Pedley Story, The Wild North Country and North Country) is a 1952 American Western film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Stewart Granger, Wendell Corey and Cyd Charisse. It was the first Ansco Color film shot. Plot Jules Vincent, a French-Canadian trapper (Stewart Granger), while in a northern Canadian town, helps an attractive Indian singer (Cyd Charisse), fend off unwanted attentions of a drunken Max Brody (Howard Petrie). The next day, Vincent sets off by canoe into the Canadian wilderness, taking the Indian girl up north to her tribe, now accompanied by a contrite Brody. When the group arrives at her Chippewa village, Vincent tells the chief (John War Eagle), after Brody had acted recklessly on the rapids that he wanted to send him a warning, shooting into the air but accidentally killing Brody when the canoe pitched wildly. Frightened by the prospect of arrest, Vincent heads into the wilderness. After North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) Constable Pedley (Wendell Corey) arrives at the village on another matter, he learns about Brody's death. Pedley finds Vincent's cabin where the Indian girl tells him that Vincent is not a murderer. The NWMP Constable, however, is determined to bring Vincent in, saying running away makes the trapper look guilty. While on his trapline, Vincent finds a half-frozen Father Simon (Morgan Farley) who had gone into the wilderness, to try to persuade the trapper to turn himself in. As Father Simon pleads with Vincent and utters his dying words, Pedley arrives to arrest Vincent. Despite Vincent's warnings that the weather will turn worse, Pedley takes Vincent into custody and starts a long trek back to the NWMP station. During the treacherous trip, Vincent tries in vain to overpower Pedley, whom he nicknames "Bebi.” When two lost trappers, Ruger (Ray Teal) and Sloan (Clancy Cooper) menace them, offering Vincent a chance to escape, Pedley observes that they will know "how good a man" Vincent is. Vincent proves his character by helping to overpower the trappers and send them away. Later, Pedley's leg is badly injured when he steps in a trap. Vincent helps him break free. They face an avalanche and a wolf attack, and an unlikely bond slowly forms between the two men. Despite Vincent's efforts, Pedley deteriorates, mentally and physically, or as Vincent puts it, "blanking out". Although he could abandon