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05/02/1952 Drama, Western 1h 29m
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MAMMOTH REDWOOD WILDERNESS -- TREASURE PILED TO THE SKY!

Overview

In 1900, unscrupulous timber baron Jim Fallon plans to take advantage of a new law and make millions off California redwood. Much of the land he hopes to grab has been homesteaded by a Quaker colony, who try to persuade him to spare the giant sequoias...but these are the very trees he wants most. Expert at manipulating others, Fallon finds that other sharks are at his own heels, and forms an unlikely alliance.

  1. Felix E. Feist

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kirk Douglas

    Jim Fallon

  2. Eve Miller

    Alicia Chadwick

  3. Patrice Wymore

    Daisy Fisher / Dora Figg

  4. Edgar Buchanan

    Walter 'Yukon' Burns

  5. John Archer

    Frenchy LeCroix

  6. Alan Hale Jr.

    Tiny

  7. Roy Roberts

    Judge Crenshaw

  8. Charles Meredith

    Elder Bixby

  9. Harry Cording

    Cleve Gregg

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2018-04-06
Old-fashioned atypical Western laden by complex legal/financial talk, but has several highlights

RELEASED IN 1952 and directed by Felix Feist, "The Big Trees" stars Kirk Douglas as a conniving lumber baron, Jim Fallon, who schemes to make it rich in Northern California in 1900 when a new law means large tracks of land are up for grabs to whoever can pay the fees. He plans to cut down the mighty redwoods but a colony of homesteading Quaker-like Christians are unwavering in their resolve to save the largest of the sacred trees, which are the ones Fallon wants most. Edgar Buchanan plays Fallon...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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