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"Untamed... wild and primitive as the Great North Woods!"
A young man seeks his father's killers among lumberjacks, and discovers that they are actually timber barons who also seek to control lumber mills. Based on the novel of the same name.
15 Cast Members
Sterling Hayden
Tim Chipman
Vera Ralston
Lynne Tilton
David Brian
Croft Brunner
Adolphe Menjou
'Sweetwater' Tilton
Hoagy Carmichael
Jingles
Chill Wills
Steve Riika
Jim Davis
Poole
Howard Petrie
'Axe-Handle' Ole, a Brunner Henchman
Ian MacDonald
Pauquette
Elisha Cook Jr.
Punky (as Elisha Cook)
Karl 'Killer' Davis
Red Bush (as Karl Davis)
Wally Cassell
Veazie
Tex Terry
Charlie
George Marshall
Fireman
Chuck Roberson
Lumberjack (uncredited)
