The Big Trees
MAMMOTH REDWOOD WILDERNESS -- TREASURE PILED TO THE SKY!
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
89 min
Release Date
1952-02-05
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
33
Vote Average
5.606
Kirk Douglas
Jim Fallon
Eve Miller
Alicia Chadwick
Patrice Wymore
Daisy Fisher / Dora Figg
Edgar Buchanan
Walter 'Yukon' Burns
John Archer
Frenchy LeCroix
Alan Hale Jr.
Tiny
Roy Roberts
Judge Crenshaw
Charles Meredith
Elder Bixby
Harry Cording
Cleve Gregg
Ellen Corby
Sister Blackburn
William Challee
Brother Williams (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Brother Dorn (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Glen (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Lumberman (uncredited)
Bill McLean
Ivan (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
Gray (uncredited)
Duke Watson
Murdock (uncredited)
Michael McHale
Accountant (uncredited)
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5.6
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