The Big Trees (1952)

5.6/10 89 min Drama Western

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.

Cast

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)

Lester Sharpe

Gray (uncredited)

Michael McHale

Accountant (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Lumberman (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Lumberman (uncredited)

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