''Timberjack'' is a 1955 American

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film directed by

Joseph Kane Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (March 19, 1894, San Diego – August 25, 1975, Santa Monica, California) was an American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on Western ...

and starring

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and

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. With a very high number of musical sections (including one by

) it approaches a musical in format.

Plot

The film is set in a wilderness area in the north of the United States in the late 19th century. Rival interests in a small town vie for control of the huge forest. Tim Chipman is an honest lumberman who returns home to find his father murdered. Chipman gets his own back by setting the family timber company against ruthless competitor Croft Brunner. It seems that Brunner is also a rival for the heart of saloon keeper Lynne Tilton. He accidentally kills her father, by punching the old man too hard. Brunner moves the body out of town during the night and dumps it near a river where the men will be logging the next day. He points the blame on rival French loggers. Jingles points out that the father always wore a hat when out, but his hat is missing. Chapman goes to quiz the French loggers. Lynn accidentally finds her father's hat in Brunner's office and realises that Brunner killed him. She pulls a revolver and shoots him in the left arm and escapes the area with Jingles. Jingles leaves her in the forest. Despite its immense size Brunner manages to quickly track her and they exchange gunfire. She runs down to the railway line where she flags down a tree with Chapman on board. Chapman ends up in a long distance shoot-out with rifles against Brunner, killing him.

Cast

as Tim Chipman *

as Lynne Tilton *

as Croft Brunner *

as 'Sweetwater' Tilton, referred to as "Swifty" throughout the film *

as Jingles *

as Steve Riika * Jim Davis as Poole *

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as 'Axe-Handle' Ole *

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as Pauquette *

Elisha Cook Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American character actor famed for his work in film noir. According to Bill Georgaris of They Shoot Pictures, Don't They, Cook appeared in 21 films noir, more than any ...

as Punky *

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as Red Bush *

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as Veazie *

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as Charlie

Production

''Timberjack'' was filmed in Glacier National Park and Western Montana using

film technology.Movie Review: ''At Loew's State'' ''New York Times'', March 10, 1955 https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review ?res=990DFFD6143EE53ABC4852DFB566838E649EDE Sterling Hayden and Elisha Cook Jr. would star in

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's '' The Killing'' a year later. Adolphe Menjou later appeared in Kubrick's Paths of Glory 1957.

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External links

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http://timberjack.info
1955 films 1955 drama films American drama films Films directed by Joseph Kane Films set in forests Films about lumberjacks Republic Pictures films Trucolor films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-US-drama-film-stub

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Cast

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