Timberjack

Timberjack

Untamed... wild and primitive as the Great North Woods!

1955•1h 34m•3.2/10

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Ratings

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3.2/10(5)

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.

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Production

Republic Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden

Tim Chipman

Vera Ralston

Vera Ralston

Lynne Tilton

David Brian

David Brian

Croft Brunner

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

'Sweetwater' Tilton

Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagy Carmichael

Jingles

Chill Wills

Chill Wills

Steve Riika

Jim Davis

Jim Davis

Poole

Howard Petrie

Howard Petrie

'Axe-Handle' Ole, a Brunner Henchman

Ian MacDonald

Ian MacDonald

Pauquette

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

Punky (as Elisha Cook)

Karl 'Killer' Davis

Karl 'Killer' Davis

Red Bush (as Karl Davis)

Wally Cassell

Wally Cassell

Veazie

Tex Terry

Charlie

George Marshall

Fireman

Chuck Roberson

Chuck Roberson

Lumberjack (uncredited)

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