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The Big Trees (1952)

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Overview

Director:
Felix E. Feist
Writers:
Kenneth Earl (story)
John Twist (writer) ...
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Release Date:
15 August 1952 (Finland) more
Genre:
Action | Drama more
Plot:
A Quaker colony tries to save the giant sequoias from a timber baron. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Western tycoon tall tale more

Cast

 (Complete credited 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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (nf) | Canada:G (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (2001)
Filming Locations:
Orick, California, USA
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Trivia:
As of 2002, the rights to this film became public domain, and DVD copies that were "digitally remastered" began appearing in 99 Cent stores in LA area in 2004. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the beginning of the film, Jim Fallon appears in the window opening the divided curtain with both hands. Then the curtain on his right-hand side remains open while he holds the other part with his left hand. In the following shot from inside, the part on his right-hand side is closed. more
Quotes:
Daisy Fisher: You stye on the eye of a flea on a thigh of a nit on the neck of a gnat! more
Movie Connections:
Remake of Valley of the Giants (1938) more
Soundtrack:
THE CHARMING SOUBRETTE ON THE POLICE GAZETTE more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Western tycoon tall tale, 15 July 2006
5/10
Author: djensen1 from northern Indiana

Okay western tells the tale of Kirk Douglas as a would-be lumber baron with more charm than business savvy. Not as good as it could have been with a little sharper direction, but the dialog has some spark and Douglas shines like a new penny when he smiles.

He gets adequate support from the usual suspects, with Patrice Wymore particularly good as his dance hall prostitute girlfriend. Eve Miller as the real love interest is a bit flat by comparison, even granted that she's stuck in the role of a holy roller trying to protect California's giant redwoods.

The plot manages to get genuinely clever at times, with the local judge conspiring to help the Quakers foil Douglas's lumber scheme, Douglas scheming right back, and then the whole thing going topsy-turvy. Still, something is missing (and the faded print I saw didn't help) but the ending goes big to try to save it and nearly succeeds. Worth the time for fans of Douglas, but not a must-see title.

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