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God's Country
“The law said he had killed a man!”
7.0 / 10• 1946• 1h 4m•NR• English
ComedyDramaWestern
Storyline
Lee Preston, aka Leland Bruce, 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, the niece of Sandy McTavish 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.
Cast & Crew
Robert Lowery
Lee Preston / Leland Bruce
Lead
Helen Gilbert
Lynn O'Malley / McTavish
William Farnum
Sandy McTavish
Buster Keaton
Old Tarp / Mr. Boone
Si Jenks
Timber Cross
Stanley Andrews
Howard King
Al Ferguson
'Turk' Monroe
Trevor Bardette
White Cloud
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Emmett Tansey's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. God's Country is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
