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The Hanging Tree

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  • Movie
  • 1959
  • NR
  • 1h 47m

Directed by Delmer Daves

6.7

TMDB audience rating
6.7 out of 10 from 131 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Gary Cooper

    Gary CooperDr. Joseph "Doc" Frail

  • Maria Schell

    Maria SchellElizabeth Mahler

  • Karl Malden

    Karl MaldenFrenchy Plante

  • George C. Scott

    George C. ScottGeorge Grubb

  • Karl Swenson

    Karl SwensonTom Flaunce

  • Virginia Gregg

    Virginia GreggEdna Flaunce

  • John Dierkes

    John DierkesSociety Red

  • King Donovan

    King DonovanWonder

  • Ben Piazza

    Ben PiazzaRune

  • Emile AveryTownsman (uncredited)

  • Fern BarryMother (uncredited)

  • William Benedict

    William BenedictTrapper (uncredited)

  • Oscar BlankTownsman (uncredited)

  • Danny BorzageDan (uncredited)

  • Annette ClaudierDance Hall Girl (uncredited)

  • Tex Driscoll

    Tex DriscollTownsman (uncredited)

  • Martin EricFather (uncredited)

  • Frank Hagney

    Frank HagneyTownsman (uncredited)

Director
Delmer Daves
Writer
Wendell Mayes, Halsted Welles and Dorothy M. Johnson
Music
Max Steiner
Cinematography
Ted D. McCord