God’s Country (1946)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Western
Release: 1946-03-15
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey
Writers: Robert Emmett Tansey , James Oliver Curwood , Frances Kavanaugh
Language: English
Stars: Robert Lowery , Helen Gilbert , William Farnum , Buster Keaton , Si Jenks , Stanley Andrews , Al Ferguson , Trevor Bardette , Estelita Zarco , Ace the Wonder Dog
Runtime: 64 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Il paese di dio (Italy) , God's Country (United States of America) , God's Country (United Kingdom) , God's Country , God's Country (Canada) , God's Country (Germany)
Plot: Lee Preston, aka Leland Bruce (Robert Lowery), kills a man in self defense but flees to the redwood country when the law makes it a murder charge. There he meets Lynn O'Malley (Helen Gilbert, the niece of "Sandy" McTavish (William Farnum) who runs the trading post. Lee learns the reason why this is good trapping country is because the timber barons across the lake are ruthlessly cutting the trees and driving the animals across the river. The trappers appeal to him to take a petition to the Governor which would prohibit the timber people from coming to their side of the lake. At first, because he is a wanted man, he refuses but does so later for the sake of the people even though he knows it will lead to his arrest.
IMDB:tt0038567