

The Hanging Tree
From The Prize Novel -- A Picture Of Thundering Power!
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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- doctor
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United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York11 Feb 1959
- TheatricalNR13 Mar 1959
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical19 Feb 1959
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical25 Aug 1959
BrazilBR
- Theatricale 141 Jan 1960
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical25 Sept 1959
FinlandFI
- Theatrical13 Mar 1959
FranceFR
- Theatrical20 Mar 1959
- TVArte11 Jan 2026
GermanyDE
- TheatricalWest Germany18 Sept 1959
- TVWest Germany11 Jan 1974
ItalyIT
- Theatrical12 Mar 1959
JapanJP
- Theatrical20 Feb 1959
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical13 Mar 1959
PortugalPT
- Theatricale 142 Jan 1960
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The Hanging Tree was released on 19 February 1959.
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Wuchak
10/10/2024
**_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 menti…
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