

The Big Trees
1952-02-05 · 89 min · ★ 5.6
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.
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- Directors
- Felix E. Feist
- Production companies
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Kirk DouglasJim Fallon
Eve MillerAlicia Chadwick
Patrice WymoreDaisy Fisher / Dora Figg
Edgar BuchananWalter 'Yukon' Burns
John ArcherFrenchy LeCroix
Alan Hale Jr.Tiny
Roy RobertsJudge Crenshaw
Charles MeredithElder Bixby
Harry CordingCleve Gregg
Ellen CorbySister Blackburn
William ChalleeBrother Williams (uncredited)
Lane ChandlerBrother Dorn (uncredited)
Frank HagneyGlen (uncredited)
Michael JeffersLumberman (uncredited)
Lester SharpeGray (uncredited)
Michael McHaleAccountant (uncredited)
Chet BrandenburgLumberman (uncredited)
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