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.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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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