The Blazing Forest

The Blazing Forest
The Blazing Forest
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Edward Ludwig
Screenplay by	Lewis R. Foster; Winston Miller
Produced by	William H. Pine; William C. Thomas
Starring	John Payne; William Demarest; Agnes Moorehead; Richard Arlen; Susan Morrow; Roscoe Ates; Lynne Roberts
Cinematography	Lionel Lindon
Edited by
Music by	Lucien Cailliet
Production; company	Pine-Thomas Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 1952;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Blazing Forest is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Lewis R. Foster and Winston Miller. The film stars John Payne, William Demarest, Agnes Moorehead, Richard Arlen, Susan Morrow, Roscoe Ates and Lynne Roberts. The film was released in December 1952, by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot[]

Determined to keep her struggling Nevada timber business going, Jessie Crain borrows money from long-ago sweetheart Syd Jessup while also promising lumberman Kelly Hansen a quarter of her profits if he will become her foreman.

Sharon Wilks, restless niece of Jessie who yearns to leave this region and move to the city, is attracted to Kelly immediately. Jessie's crew, meanwhile, resents Kelly's hard-driving ways, including making everyone work in a torrential rain to meet a lumber quota.

A job is given to Jessie's brother, lumberjack Joe Morgan, whose embezzling has forced Jessie to pay his debts. Joe continues to create trouble for the lumberman as well as for Grace, his estranged wife. A resentful Syd, meantime, causes a crash in a speeding truck that starts a forest fire and fatally injures Joe. A helicopter rescue saves lives and the business, as Kelly persuades Sharon to stay by his side.

Cast[]

John Payne as Kelly Hansen
William Demarest as Syd Jessup
Agnes Moorehead as Jessie Crain
Richard Arlen as Joe Morgan
Susan Morrow as Sharon Wilks
Roscoe Ates as Beans
Lynne Roberts as Grace Hanson
Walter Reed as Max
Ewing Mitchell as Walt

Comic book adaptation[]

Eastern Color Movie Love #15 (June 1952)^[4]

References[]

^ Hal Erickson (2015). "The-Blazing-Forest - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ "The Blazing Forest (1952) - Overview". TCM.com. 1952-11-26. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ "The Blazing Forest". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ "Movie Love #15". Grand Comics Database.

External links[]

The Blazing Forest at IMDb

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[1] Hal Erickson (2015). "The-Blazing-Forest - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[2] "The Blazing Forest (1952) - Overview". TCM.com. 1952-11-26. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[3] "The Blazing Forest". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[4] "Movie Love #15". Grand Comics Database.

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