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Directed by William Keighley Music by Adolph Deutsch Director William Keighley Story by Peter B. Kyne | 6.1/10 IMDb Produced by Louis F. Edelman Initial release 9 September 1938 Music director Adolph Deutsch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Screenplay by Seton I. Miller
Michael Fessier Based on The Valley of the Giants
by Peter B. Kyne Starring Wayne Morris
Claire Trevor
Frank McHugh
Alan Hale Sr.
Donald Crisp
Charles Bickford Screenplay Seton I. Miller, Michael Fessier Cast Claire Trevor, Wayne Morris, Alan Hale Sr, Charles Bickford, Frank McHugh Similar Submarine D‑1, Deep Valley, Ten Days to Tulara, The Sea Hornet, Shark River | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The world library of congress valley of the giants 1919
Valley of the Giants is a 1938 American adventure film directed by William Keighley and written by Seton I. Miller and Michael Fessier. It is based on the novel The Valley of the Giants by Peter B. Kyne. The film stars Wayne Morris, Claire Trevor, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale Sr., Donald Crisp and Charles Bickford. The film was released by Warner Bros. on September 17, 1938.
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Plot
This film is about a man named Bill Cardigan who owns a large portion of the California Redwoods. Characters Howard Fallon along with Hendricks, Lee Roberts, Ed Morell and Fingers McCarthy go to California and try to procure Bills land. Howard finds out about Bills large debt that he owes to the bank and now has a way to get ownership of the forest. Accidentally the claims Howard had towards the land get destroyed in a fire giving Bill a chance to reclaim his ownership. Now all Bill has to do it get his lumber cut and shipped within six weeks. Howard does everything in his power to stop Bill including destroying the railroad, damming the river and even locks him along with Lee in the caboose of the train and sends it towards the destroyed track. Fallon gets captured and surrenders to Bill giving him back his land.
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Production
This film is the third reproduction of the 1919 film directed by James Cruze and the 1927 film directed by Charles Brabin. The original film was lost up until 2010 when the film was presented to the Library of Congress by the Russian film archive Gosfilmofond.