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Lakeshore Classic Movies
The Big Trees (1952)
Season 2023
Episode 124
Businessman Jim Fallon (Kirk Douglas) plans to take advantage of a new law and make millions off California redwood. A nearby Quaker colony is very protective of the giant sequoias, and the greedy timber man soon realizes that this won’t be an easy task.
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Married insurance adjuster Dick Powell becomes involved with an embezzler’s girlfriend.
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A police detective (Cornell Wilde) is determined to catch a gang boss (Richard Conte),
Four thieves hold up an armored truck and leave an ex-con (John Payne) to take the rap.
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Mickey Rooney borrows $20 from the till to take out a new girl, leading to more trouble.
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Roy Rogers is a border agent investigating silver smuggling over the Mexican border.
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When a prized horse is shot, breeder Roy Rogers is framed to look like the guilty party.
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Jane Russell is the center of attention of Pat Garrett, Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid.
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Archaeology professor travels to Nazi Germany for research and to secretly free prisoners.
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British Lord (Leslie Howard) is a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the guillotine.
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Medical student Leslie Howard falls in love with waitress Bette Davis and suffers for it.
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Fred Astaire and Jane Powell star as a brother-and-sister musical act touring London.
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Fred Astaire and Burgess Meredith are rival trumpeters trying to impress Paulette Goddard.