The Big Trees (1952)
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37% of users liked it
(278 ratings)
Ever since slipping into Public Domain, The Big Trees has become one of the most accessible and oft-televised of Kirk Douglas' pictures. Douglas plays an unscrupulous lumberjack who covets the land owned by a religious sect. All that's saving him from being the film's main villain is the… More Ever since slipping into Public Domain, The Big Trees has become one of the most accessible and oft-televised of Kirk Douglas' pictures. Douglas plays an unscrupulous lumberjack who covets the land owned by a religious sect. All that's saving him from being the film's main villain is the fact that there's an even nastier contingent out to claim the sect's territory. His greed tempered by the love of pious Eve Miller, Douglas turns out to be a good guy after all in the film's climax. Watch for Alan Hale Jr. as "Tiny," doubling for his own father, who appears in long-shot in the stock footage. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Alan Hale Jr., Charles Meredith
- Written By
- John Twist, James R. Webb
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
PG,
- In Theaters
- Feb 5, 1952 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Kirk Douglas took no salary in exchange for getting his release from his contract with Warners.
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Cast
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Eve Miller
as Alicia Chadwick
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Patrice Wymore
as Daisy Fisher
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Edgar Buchanan
as Yukon Burns
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John Archer
as Frenchy LeCroix
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Roy Roberts
as Judge Crenshaw
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Charles Meredith
as Elder Bixby
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Harry Cording
as Cleve Gregg
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Ellen Corby
as Mrs. Blackburn
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Iris Adrian
as Girl at bar
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Mel Archer
as Ole
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Lillian Bond
as Daisy's girl
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Sue Casey
as Young lady
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William Challee
as Brother Williams
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Bill McLean
as Ivan
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Lester Sharpe
as Gray
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Elizabeth Slifer
as Sister Wallace
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Duke Watson
as Murdock
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Kirk Douglas
as Jim Fallon
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Alan Hale Jr.
as Tiny
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Michael McHale
as Accountant
