The Hanging Tree (1959)
3.7 of 5 from 48 ratings
1h 43min
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- Synopsis:
In 1873, in the Gold Trail, Montana, the mysterious and controlling Dr. Joseph Frail (Gary Cooper) arrives in the small town of Skull Creek with miners in a gold rush. Dr. Frail buys a cabin on the top of a hill and he sees the small-time thief Rune (Ben Piazza) wounded and chased by a mob that wants to hang him. Dr. Frail helps and heals Rune; but in return, he demands that the young man becomes his bond servant. The alcoholic healer and preacher George Grubb (George C. Scott) tells to the locals that Dr. Frail, who is an excellent gambler and gunfighter, is a devil, but nobody gives attention to his words. Sooner the stagecoach is robbed by thieves that kill the passengers but the coachman survives and three days later he reaches Skull Creek. He tells that the horses had speed down the hill with a young woman inside the stagecoach. The men organize a pursuit and the rude Frenchy Plante (Karl Malden) finds the Swedish Elizabeth Mahler (Maria Schell) burnt and blind. Dr. Frail and Rune take care of her and they learn that Elizabeth and her father, who was... - 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 'Billy' Benedict, Danny Borzage, Annette Claudier, Martin Eric, Frank Hagney, Dick Hudkins, John Hudkins, Jack Kenny, Dorothy Klewer
- Directors:
- Delmer Daves, Karl Malden
- Writers:
- Wendell Mayes, Halsted Welles
- Others:
- Mack David, Jerry Livingston
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Romance
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