''Thunder in the Pines'' is a 1948 American

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film directed by Robert Edwards and starring

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and

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. The film was shot in

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. It was executive produced by Robert L. Lippert.

Plot

Production

Reeves and Byrd and producer William Stephens had just made ''

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'' for Lippert and were signed for this follow up, originally called ''Green Goddess''. Filming started 15 August 1948. It was reported the film would be the first of 12 movies Stephens would make for Lippert "which is a hearty assignment for a moviemaker but apparently Stephens has a formula for production", according to the ''

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''. Filming started 15 August 1948. It was shot at

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. Inspired by ''Jungle Goddess'', producer William Stephen announced he wanted to make four films a year starring Reeves and Byrd as a "Captain Flagg-Sgt Quinn sort of team", starting with this one. The second one would be ''Banana Boat'' by John Wilste. (Stephen was also going to make ''Three Alarm Fire'' by Arthur Caesar.) However conditions to film background scenes in South America, where ''Banana Fleet'' was set, were not ideal so instead Stephens made ''Hell on Wheels'' (which became ''

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'', also based on a story by Wilste). Golden Gate Pictures announced they were going to make a film with Greg McClure called ''The Man from Back East'' produced by William David. That may have turned into this film.

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