1h 30min. // A hard-driving lumber baron rolls into the untouched redwood country of northern California at the dawn of a new century, seeing not a forest but a fortune. Armed with slick legal tricks and a crew of roughneck loggers, he sets his sights on the towering giants that have never felt an axe. Standing in his way is a small religious community that regards the redwoods as sacred guardians, taking only the smaller trees they need to survive and refusing to sell out their beliefs for quick cash.
The clash between ruthless ambition and quiet conviction grows sharper when the lumberman meets the settlers’ spirited young woman, whose devotion to both her faith and the forest unsettles his carefully calculated plans. What begins as a cynical scheme to win her trust and swindle her people slowly becomes something far more complicated, as he’s drawn into their way of life and forced to confront the cost of his own greed.
As rival timber interests close in and the law proves as malleable as the men who wield it, the battle for the redwoods turns dangerous. Sabotage, double-crosses, and courtroom maneuvers threaten to tear the community apart, while fires and falling timber raise the stakes out in the woods. Amid roaring saws and crashing trees, the lumberman must finally choose between the easy money he’s always chased and the towering, living symbols of a world that may be vanishing forever.
Directed by: Felix E. Feist
Writing Credits: James R. Webb
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Ellen Corby, Lilian Bond, Alan Hale, Jr., Edgar Buchanan
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