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The Hanging Tree (11-Feb-1959)

Director: Delmer Daves

Writers: Wendell Mayes; Halsted Welles

From novel: The Hanging Tree by Dorothy M. Johnson

Music by: Max Steiner

Producers: Martin Jurow; Richard Shepherd

Keywords: Western

In a near-lawless mining town, vagabond-doctor Joe Frail rescues a criminal from a lynch mob, and is the subject of unwanted affections by Elizabeth, one of his patients. Unconventional and too-often overlooked, this is Gary Cooper's final performance in a Western. Received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song, "The Hanging Tree." Filmed near Yakima.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gary Cooper
Actor
7-May-1901 14-May-1961 High Noon
King Donovan
Actor
25-Jan-1918 30-Jun-1987 Character actor husband of Imogene Coca
Virginia Gregg
Actor
6-Mar-1916 15-Sep-1986 Radio actress
Karl Malden
Actor
22-Mar-1912 1-Jul-2009 Streets of San Francisco
Maria Schell
Actor
15-Jan-1926 26-Apr-2005 The Heart of the Matter
George C. Scott
Actor
18-Oct-1927 22-Sep-1999 Patton

CAST

Gary Cooper   ...   Dr. Joseph Frail
Maria Schell   ...   Elizabeth Mahler
Karl Malden   ...   Frenchy Plante
with
George C. Scott   ...   Dr. George Grubb
Karl Swenson   ...   Tom Flaunce
Virginia Gregg   ...   Edna Flaunce
John Dierkes   ...   Society Red
King Donovan   ...   Wonder
And Introducing
Ben Piazza   ...   Rune

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