Archive Watch
Poster for Law of the Timber (1941)

Law of the Timber (1941)

1941 · Feature film · 64 min · dir. Bernard B. Ray

TIMBER FIRE! Flaming forest Giants crash to their doom...as a mystery killer counts his victims.

  • Drama
  • Western

Synopsis

Law of the Timber is a 1941 American western film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Marjorie Reynolds, Monte Blue and J. Farrell MacDonald. It was distributed as a second feature by Producers Releasing Corporation.

Synopsis from Wikipedia

Details

Director
Bernard B. Ray
Writer
James Oliver Curwood
Composer
Clarence Wheeler
Cinematography
Jack Greenhalgh
Studio
PRC
Released
1941-12-19
Running time
64 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · Northwoods Adventure And Sabotage · bobsluckycat · 2005-08-27

The film was released just a few short weeks after Pearl Harbor was attacked and the USA was into WW2. Hal Brazeale, in his last film, probably due to war-time duty, plays a young "George O'Brien type" Easterner in a trouble-plagued lumber camp with a new government contract. Marjorie Reynolds is top billed as the daughter of the firms owner. She had been in "B"'s for a few years and is quite effective here and would have a long career in films and television. Monte Blue and J. Farrell McDonald are also top billed old pros with not a lot to do. Especially McDonald in a throwaway role.…

★★★ · Golden Oldies · Ed Jr · 2010-01-21

Not a bad movie, average " B. " The flag waving was a little heavy. I liked the scenery. Acting pretty bad but I've seen worse.

More like this