The Big Trees (1952) on Netflix
Approved19521h 29mDramaWestern
In 1900, timber baron Jim Fallon sets out to harvest the giant sequoias of northern California. The land is homesteaded by a Quaker colony whose people refuse to log the redwoods.
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Plot summary
In 1900, Jim Fallon, a timber baron, heads for the virgin redwood region of northern California. The land is homesteaded by a Quaker colony under Elder Bixby; the settlers use smaller trees for lumber and consider the giant sequoias sacred, refusing to log them. Fallon intends to take advantage of a new law, claim the land and make a fortune from the redwoods. He is drawn to Bixby's daughter, Alicia Chadwick, even as he plans to cheat the colony. Yukon Burns is Fallon's right-hand man, and the settlers hold their ground against the loggers. Other lumber men have their eyes on the same trees.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Big Trees (1952)
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- Kirk Douglas made The Big Trees as his last film for Warner Bros. Pictures, performing without pay so the studio would release him from his long-term contract.
- Warner Bros. reused footage from its 1938 Technicolor film Valley of the Giants throughout The Big Trees, though the studio denied the later film was a remake of the 1938 original, the 1927 version or the 1919 one.
