''God's Country'' is a 1946

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movie directed by

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and featuring Robert Lowery, Helen Gilbert and

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. It is a low-budget color B Western set in the contemporary

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Plot

Lee Preston, aka Leland Bruce (Lowery), kills a man in self-defense but flees to the

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country when the law makes it a murder charge. There he meets Lynn O'Malley (Gilbert), the niece of "Sandy" McTavish (Farnum) who runs the trading post. Lee learns why this is good trapping country as 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 as Lee Preston/Leland Bruce * Helen Gilbert as Lynn O'Malley/McTavish *

William Farnum William Farnum (July 4, 1876 – June 5, 1953) was an American actor. He was a star of American silent cinema, and he became one of the highest-paid actors during this time. Biography Farnum was born on July 4, 1876, in Boston, Massachuset ...

as Sandy McTavish *

as Old Tarp/Mr. Boone *Si Jenks as Timber Cross *

Stanley Andrews Stanley Martin Andrews (born Andrzejewski; August 28, 1891 – June 23, 1969) was an American actor perhaps best known as the voice of Daddy Warbucks on the radio program ''Little Orphan Annie'' and later as "The Old Ranger", the first host of ...

as Howard King *

Al Ferguson Al Ferguson (19 April 1888 – 4 December 1971) was an Irish-born American film actor. Born in County Wexford, Ireland, he appeared in nearly 300 films between 1912 and 1956. Billed as Smoke Ferguson, by 1912 he was making Westerns for Selig Po ...

as Turk Monroe *

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as White Cloud *Estelita Zarco as River Squaw *

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as Ace *Jimmy the Crow as Jim

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