The Majestic Redwoods Are The Backdrop For This Powerful Adventure

In 1900, Congress passed a law that made a man from Wisconsin try to prove that money does grow on trees.

Jim Fallon (Kirk Douglas) wants to be a lumber baron. Armed with the skill of a con-man and a gang of lumberjacks, Fallon sets off for California's Redwood Forest determined to use the law to his advantage. Religious homesteaders see the mighty trees as the work of God and try to keep Fallon's men from topping the giant Redwoods. Betrayal by his men and the support of a beautiful homesteader convince Fallon some things are more important than money. Now Fallon must stop what he himself began, stop cutting and save The Big Trees.