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The Hanging Tree

Name: The Hanging Tree
Genre: Western
Released: 1959-02-19
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 6.717

★ 6,7 /10 (129 Votes)

1959 EN 107 min

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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Release date

19/02/1959

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129

Popularity

1.9

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Genres

Western

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

107 min

Gary Cooper

Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail

Maria Schell

Elizabeth Mahler

Karl Malden

Frenchy Plante

George C. Scott

George Grubb

Karl Swenson

Tom Flaunce

Virginia Gregg

Edna Flaunce

John Dierkes

Society Red

King Donovan

Wonder

Ben Piazza

Rune

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Emile Avery

Townsman (uncredited)

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Fern Barry

Mother (uncredited)

William Benedict

Trapper (uncredited)

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Oscar Blank

Townsman (uncredited)

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Danny Borzage

Dan (uncredited)

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Annette Claudier

Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll

Townsman (uncredited)

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Martin Eric

Father (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Townsman (uncredited)

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Dick Hudkins

Townsman (uncredited)

John Hudkins

Townsman (uncredited)

Jack Kenny

Townsman (uncredited)

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Dorothy Klewer

Duck Girl (uncredited)

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Baron James Lichter

Tim the Piano Player (uncredited)

Cactus Mack

Townsman (uncredited)

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Fred Marlow

Townsman (uncredited)

Kansas Moehring

Townsman (uncredited)

Bob Morgan

Townsman (uncredited)

Charles Morton

Townsman (uncredited)

Karen Norris

Duck Girl (uncredited)

Bud Osborne

Horseman (uncredited)

Joe Phillips

Bartender (uncredited)

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Ford Raymond

Townsman (uncredited)

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Tom Smith

Townsman (uncredited)

Boyd Stockman

Townsman (uncredited)

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Clarence Straight

Dealer (uncredited)

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Slim Talbot

Stage Driver (uncredited)

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Don Turner

Townsman (uncredited)

Sailor Vincent

Townsman (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson

Townsman (uncredited)

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**_Ahead-of-its-time Western with Gary Cooper, set in the Great Northwest_** In 1873, an embittered doctor (Cooper) sets up practice in a small gold mining town along The Montana Trail. After acquiring a dubious bondservant (Ben Piazza), he tries to help a wounded Swiss immigrant (Maria Schell). But this stirs up the town’s moral police biddies and the jealousy of a lecherous prospector (Karl Malden), not to mention his successful practice threatens the livelihood of a faith healer (George C. Scott). "The Hanging Tree" (1959) was Cooper’s second to last Western. He passed away due to pro…

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