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The Hanging Tree (1959)
Directed by Delmer Daves
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 107 minutes
Actors
Gary Cooper | Maria Schell | Karl Malden | George C. Scott | Karl Swenson | Virginia Gregg | John Dierkes | King Donovan | Ben Piazza | Emile Avery | Fern Barry | William Benedict | Oscar Blank | Danny Borzage | Annette Claudier | Tex Driscoll | Martin Eric | Frank Hagney | Dick Hudkins | John Hudkins | Jack Kenny | Dorothy Klewer | Baron James Lichter | Cactus Mack | Fred Marlow | Kansas Moehring | Bob Morgan | Charles Morton | Karen Norris | Bud Osborne | Joe Phillips | Ford Raymond | Tom Smith | Boyd Stockman | Clarence Straight | Slim Talbot | Don Turner | Sailor Vincent | Guy Wilkerson