Valley of the Redwoods
Cast & Crew
William N. Witney
John Hudson
Lynn Bernay
Ed Nelson
Michael Forest
Bruno Ve Soto
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After working as a secretary at a northern California lumber company for six months, Jan Spencer wins the trust of her employers and the affection of mill supervisor Dave Harris. Unknown to her employers, Jan has taken the job for the purpose of robbing the company's $81,000 payroll with her accomplices, experienced safe cracker Dino Michaelis and her lover, Wayne Randall. The trio plans to rob the payroll from the company safe where it is stored over the weekend. On the week of the robbery, Wayne and Dino arrive in town, posing as lumber buyers in order to case the company's grounds. The Saturday of the robbery, Wayne and Dino hide in the back of Jan's car as she drives through the gates past watchman Joe Wolcheck. After securing the money, they plan to drive out of the mill in Jan's car and meet a plane that will fly them to Canada. Things go smoothly until Dave unexpectedly arrives at the office and tries to persuade Jan to join him for lunch. To divert Dave, Jan invites him to her apartment for a quick sandwich, planning to return to the mill in time to smuggle her accomplices out in her car. Just after Dino and Wayne open the safe and remove the payroll, Joe stops by the office to make a phone call. While on the phone, Joe glances at the open safe, but before he can act, the robbers knock him unconscious and flee. Wayne and Dino run into the mill yard, and upon realizing that Jan has gone, steal Joe's jalopy just as a police car drives up. After Dino shoots the patrolman, he and Wayne speed off in Joe's car. Upon regaining consciousness, Joe races out to find the slain patrolman and fires shots at the fleeing robbers, wounding Wayne in the leg. When Dave learns of the robbery, he hurries back to the mill. Soon after, the robbers arrive at Jan's apartment and she treats Wayne's wound. After the three drive off in another stolen vehicle, Wayne and Jan, fearing that they will be charged with murder, decide to surrender and plead for leniency. Dino decides to keep all the money for himself, however, and after leaving Wayne behind, forces Jan to lead him on foot through the rough terrain to the waiting plane. Managing to drive the car, Wayne catches up with them, but Dino clubs the weakened Wayne over the head and pulls him out of the car onto the road. As Dino aims the car at Wayne and Jan, Jan picks up Wayne's gun and fires at Dino, causing the car to careen out of control and crash. Dino's lifeless body falls from the vehicle on top of the money bags as Jan cradles Wayne's head in her arms and awaits the arrival of the police.
Director
William N. Witney
Cast
John Hudson
Lynn Bernay
Ed Nelson
Michael Forest
Bruno Ve Soto
Robert Shayne
Hal Torey
John Brinkley
Chris Miller
Crew
Doris August
Bill Bernds
Buddy Bregman
John Bury
Gene Corman
Marg Corso
Arden Cripe
Richard Dixon
Richard Dixon
Mike Doyle
C. M. Florance
Leo Gordon
Daniel Haller
Charles Hanawalt
Dick Kelly
Daniel Madison
Marshall Neilan Jr.
Kay Norton
Harry Reif
Bo Roberts
Harry Thomas
Kinta Zertuche
Film Details
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Notes
The onscreen credits were taken from a cutting continuity contained in the film's copyright record. A foreign and a domestic footage count were included in the continuity: the domestic footage ran 5,622 feet and foreign was 6,341 feet. The continuity also contains the following note: "There will be 494' of picture and dialogue inserted here for the foreign version only." According to the note, the foreign footage was not available for inclusion in the continuity. No other information about the discrepency in foreign and domestic footage has been found. Richard Dixon's credit reads "production manager and assistant director." The Variety review misspelled actor John Brinkley's name as "Brankley." According to Filmfacts location filming was done in Eureka, CA.
