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The Hanging Tree (1959)

Cast

  • george c. scott movies
    George C. Scott
    as George Grubb
  • gary cooper movies
    Gary Cooper
    as Dr. Joseph 'Doc' Frail
  • karl malden movies
    Karl Malden
    as Frenchy Plante
  • maria schell movies
    Maria Schell
    as Elizabeth Mahler
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Genres & Description

Western

7.2 / 10

In 1873, on the Gold Trail, Montana, the mysterious and controlling Dr. Joseph Frail 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 smalltime thief Rune 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 tells to the locals that Dr. Frail, who is an excellent gambler and gunfighter, is a devil and has a mysterious past but nobody gives attention to his words. Soon 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 finds the Swedish Elizabeth Mahler burnt and blind. Dr. Frail and Rune take care of her and they learn that Elizabeth and...

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spudwas
Seek out the new Blu Ray. Blu Ray.com gave the image of the film a 5 star rating. They hardly give a rating that high to a Blu Ray transfer. It's a 4k "Original Camera Negative" transfer. Thought I'd just mention it. - @Tuesday, January 30, 2018 1:23 PM

spudwas
Seek out the new Blu Ray. Blu Ray.com gave the image of the film a 5 star rating. They hardly give a rating that high to a Blu Ray transfer. It's a 4k "Original Camera Negative" transfer. Thought I'd just mention it. - @Tuesday, January 30, 2018 1:22 PM

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