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  • Law of the Timber (1941)
  • Passed
    64 min | Drama, Western
Law of the Timber (1941)
Passed
64 min | Drama, Western

The H&L Lumber Company headed by Henry Lorimer and his daughter "Perry", receives a huge national defense order, and prepares to cut the dangerous Antler Valley tract. Eastern dude John Gordon applies for a lumberjack's job and Lorimer ...See moreThe H&L Lumber Company headed by Henry Lorimer and his daughter "Perry", receives a huge national defense order, and prepares to cut the dangerous Antler Valley tract. Eastern dude John Gordon applies for a lumberjack's job and Lorimer hires him. Soon, a series of accidents occur, topped by a forest fire of unknown origin, in which Lorimer is killed. Perry decides to carry on in her father's place, despite the objections of camp manager Barnes, who covets the company. The storehouse, where the dynamite needed to clear an avalanche is stored, explodes and Barnes blames Gordon. The latter has some cartridge cases used by the rifleman to explode the storehouse, and Barnes instructs his henchman Hodge Mason to get the evidence and kill Gordon. Perry overhears and attempts to stop them, but Barnes knocks her unconscious and puts her in the cab of a runaway train. Unable to keep Mason from reaching the plunger to set off an explosion to wreck the train, Gordon boards the speeding engine and races it over the danger spot ahead of the explosion. The engine and a few cars of lumber get through, and Perry is able to deliver the lumber order on schedule. Mason and Barnes are apprehended and Perry learns that Gordon is really John Gordon Hamilton, son of her late father's partner. Written by Les Adams See less
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Director
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James Oliver Curwood (story "The Speck on the Wall") | Jack Natteford (screenplay)
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Updated Dec 19, 1941

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Dec 19, 1941 (United States)

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21 cast members
Name Known for
Marjorie Reynolds
'Perry' Lorimer 'Perry' Lorimer   See fewer
Monte Blue
Hodge Mason Hodge Mason   See fewer
Sven Hugo Borg
Olaf (as Sven-Hogo Borg) Olaf (as Sven-Hogo Borg)   See fewer
Hal Brazeale
John Gordon John Gordon   See fewer
Earl Eby
Frank Barnes (as Earle Eby) Frank Barnes (as Earle Eby)   See fewer
Milburn Morante
Abe Cain (as Milt Morani - billing typo) Abe Cain (as Milt Morani - billing typo)   See fewer
Betty Roadman
Ma Cain Ma Cain   See fewer
Eddie Phillips
Sam Cain Sam Cain   See fewer
Jack Holmes
Harry Lorimer (as Jack M. Holmes) Harry Lorimer (as Jack M. Holmes)   See fewer
Victor Adamson
Lumberjack (uncredited) Lumberjack (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Cheatham
Lumberjack (uncredited) Lumberjack (uncredited)   See fewer
John Elliott
Sheriff (uncredited) Sheriff (uncredited)   See fewer
Joe Garcio
Lumberjack (uncredited) Lumberjack (uncredited)   See fewer
Merrill McCormick
Lumberjack (uncredited) Lumberjack (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles McMurphy
Lumberjack (uncredited) Lumberjack (uncredited)   See fewer
Art Mix
Lumberjack (uncredited) Lumberjack (uncredited)   See fewer
Jerry Sheldon
Lumberjack (uncredited) Lumberjack (uncredited)   See fewer
Rudy Sooter
Lumberjack (uncredited) Lumberjack (uncredited)   See fewer
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