A friend thinks I know everything. I don't. But I'd like to show off. He says he watched an old black-and-white movie on TV, years ago, about a woman in a cabin in Canada who was attacked by a bear. That's all he gave me--no actors, no other details. I have looked online, using many different key words--black and white movies, bear attack, cabin, Canada, etc. but no luck. And it might have been Alaska. Most bear attack movies have men as the hero, so I thought it'd be easier than this.

Hmmm not black and white, but this show has a female lead fending off a bear attack at a cabin... (Pat is a woman, three-toes and Sampson are bears... )
....Three-Toes tries to break into the cabin, but Pat tries to fend him off. Samson comes to fight off Three-Toes and Pat manages kills him...
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