Roddy McDowall comes up to lumbering territory with a college degree and a willingness to work, so of course he is called 'Doc'. His boyish manner and high-falutin' vocabulary does not endear him to most of the other loggers, although it does to the two women around the camp: Jeff Donnell, who runs the diner, and Lynn Roberts, who's the daughter of the company's owner, Robert Shayne.
It's one of several movies that McDowall co-produced at Monogram, and it's a decent little movie, with some dialogue that indicates that writer Warren Wilson took the trouble to talk to actual loggers to find out how they talk. It's too brief for anything more than the basic story of how a kid with book learning finds out how to operate in the real world, but that short length keeps it from getting too big for its britches. With Gordon Jones and Lyle Talbot.
It's one of several movies that McDowall co-produced at Monogram, and it's a decent little movie, with some dialogue that indicates that writer Warren Wilson took the trouble to talk to actual loggers to find out how they talk. It's too brief for anything more than the basic story of how a kid with book learning finds out how to operate in the real world, but that short length keeps it from getting too big for its britches. With Gordon Jones and Lyle Talbot.