The Hanging Tree

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(99 votes)

Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides to settle down, and he takes over as town doctor. He meets Elizabeth, who is suffering from shock, and the two soon fall in love. But when Elizabeth is attacked, Frail's attempt to help her lands them both in trouble.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Western

Duration:

107 minutes

Year:

1959

Director:

Delmer Daves

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Company:

Baroda,

Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast:
Gary Cooper

Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail

Maria Schell

Elizabeth Mahler

Karl Malden

Frenchy Plante

George C. Scott

George Grubb

Karl Swenson

Tom Flaunce

Crew:
Delmer Daves

Director

Wendell Mayes

Screenplay

Halsted Welles

Screenplay

Dorothy M. Johnson

Novel

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer