''Valley of the Redwoods'' is a 1960 American

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film directed by

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, written by Leo Gordon and Daniel Madison, and starring

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, Lynette Bernay,

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, Michael Forest,

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and John Brinkley. It was released on May 8, 1960, by

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Plot

Cast

as Wayne Randall *Lynette Bernay as Jan Spencer *

as Dino Michaelis * Michael Forest as Dave Harris *

as Capt. Sid Walker *John Brinkley as Willie Chadwick * Bruno VeSota as Joe Wolcheck *Hal Torey as Philip Blair *Chris Miller as Charlotte Walker

Production

Filming started December 1959.

Reception

Gene Corman Eugene Harold "Gene" Corman (September 24, 1927 – September 28, 2020) was an American film producer and agent. He and his older brother, Roger, co-founded New World Pictures. Biography Corman entered the film industry before his brother, wo ...

says that Fox head of production

Buddy Adler E. Maurice "Buddy" Adler (June 22, 1906 – July 12, 1960) was an American film producer and production head for 20th Century Fox studios. In 1954, his production of ''From Here to Eternity'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture and in 1956, hi ...

"particularly liked" the film. It was one of Corman's personal favorites of the films he made.

References

External links

* 1960 films 20th Century Fox films CinemaScope films American Western (genre) films 1960 Western (genre) films Films directed by William Witney 1960s English-language films 1960s American films {{action-film-stub