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1954
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Travelers pass by the Hanging Tree on the Gold Trail in Montana, 1873. Joseph Frail (Gary Cooper) arrives at the small gold mining town of Skull Creek, Montana. He buys a home from an old prospector eager to sell. He treats Rune for a suspicious bullet wound.
While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune (Ben Piazza) from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides to settle down, and he...
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- Gary Cooper
- Delmer Daves
- Western
Feb 5, 2018 · The Hanging Tree is the final film in a string of ’50s-era westerns directed by Delmer Daves and belongs to the decade’s growth industry in what were advertised as adult psychological...
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Ian Kane Epoch Times. “The Hanging Tree” asks us to visit a place we think we’ve been before in past Westerns, but ends up bucking many of the...
Recent reviews. 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.
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- Baroda, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Delmer Daves
Review. Doc Frail (Gary Cooper) is a doctor that drifts from mining town to mining town, doing Doctor-y stuff. Early on he rescues a petty criminal (Ben Piazza) then coerces the criminal into working for him (under the threat of being revealed).
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