The Big Trees
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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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Wuchak
April 6, 2018
Old-fashioned atypical Western laden by complex legal/financial talk, but has several highlights RELEASED IN 1952 and directed by Felix Feist, "The Big Trees" stars Kirk Douglas as a conniving lumber baron, Jim Fallon, who schemes to make it rich in Northern California in 1900 when a new law mean…
CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967June 2, 2026
I wonder if this might have looked better in black and white? In colour it's a rather sterile and over-scripted, join-the-dots, take on the American pioneering story that never quite gets out of second gear. With the economy booming back East, there is an insatiable demand for lumber and so the gove…
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