Kazan

Based on a James Oliver Curwood story, Kazan was one of those "little" pictures of the late 1940s which gained a lofty reputation when it was championed by a handful of film critics. The title character is a huge white dog, running wild in the Canadian wilderness. Mistreated by cruel woodsmen, Kazan learns to trust mankind through the kindness and consideration of government wildlife expert Thomas Weyman (Steve Dunne). Lois Maxwell, the future Miss Moneypenny of the "James Bond" movies, plays th (allmovie.com)