God's Country

God's Country (1946) is a comedy, drama film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey rated 7.0/10.

Lee Preston, aka Leland Bruce, kills a man in self defense but flees to the redwood country when the law makes it a murder charge. There he meets Lynn O'Malley, the niece of Sandy McTavish who runs the trading post. Lee learns the reason why this is good trapping country is because the timber barons across the lake are ruthlessly cutting the trees and driving the animals across the river. The trappers appeal to him to take a petition to the Governor which would prohibit the timber people from coming to their side of the lake. At first, because he is a wanted man, he refuses but does so later for the sake of the people even though he knows it will lead to his arrest.

Cast

Robert Lowery

Lee Preston / Leland Bruce

Helen Gilbert

Lynn O'Malley / McTavish

William Farnum

Sandy McTavish

Buster Keaton

Old Tarp / Mr. Boone

Si Jenks

Timber Cross

Stanley Andrews

Howard King

Al Ferguson

'Turk' Monroe

Trevor Bardette

White Cloud

Estelita Zarco

River Squaw (as Estelle Zarco)

Whip Wilson

Sheriff (uncredited)