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The hanging tree

Title:

The hanging tree

Author:

Daves, Delmer, 1904-1977, director.

Jurow, Martin, producer.

Shepherd, Richard A., 1927-2014, producer.

Mayes, Wendell, screenwriter.

Welles, Halsted, screenwriter.

Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961, actor.

Schell, Maria, 1926-2005, actor.

Malden, Karl, actor.

Scott, George C., 1927-1999, actor.

Piazza, Ben, 1934-1991, actor.

Johnson, Dorothy M., creator.

Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

Baroda Productions, Inc.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Summary:

The story takes place in Skull Creek, a 1870s Montana gold camp. Dr. Joseph Frail (Gary Cooper) arrives, setting out his shingle near the camp's boom-or-bust hubbub of adventurers, ladies of fortune, mountain men and just plain decent folks. As skilled with a six-gun as with a scalpel, Frail will need both. His life will become intertwined with a young Swiss immigrant (Maria Schell), a man he saves from a mob (Ben Piazza), a shifty-eyed miner (Karl Malden) and a hellfire preacher (George C. Scott).

Audience:

Rating: Not rated.

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.

Based on the novel by Dorothy M. Johnson.

DVD release date: Aug. 16, 2012.

Special feature: trailer.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Subject Term:

Physicians -- Montana -- Drama.

Gold mines and mining -- Montana -- Drama.

Frontier and pioneer life -- Montana -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

Montana -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.

Author(s):

Daves, Delmer, 1904-1977,

Jurow, Martin,

Shepherd, Richard A., 1927-2014,

Mayes, Wendell,

Welles, Halsted,

Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961,

Schell, Maria, 1926-2005,

Malden, Karl,

Scott, George C., 1927-1999,

Piazza, Ben, 1934-1991,

Johnson, Dorothy M.,

Added Corporate Author:

Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

Baroda Productions, Inc.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Publisher:

Distributed by Warner Home Video,

Publication Date:

2012

1959

ISBN:

9786315089558

Publication Information:

Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2012]

Call Number:

DVD HANGINGTREE

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Gary Cooper plays a frontier doctor with a checkered past who works in a rowdy Montana mining camp. Cooper falls in love with Maria Schell, a young Swiss girl whom he has treated for shock after she was the victim of a holdup. He finances Schell's grubstake, which makes her rich. When Schell's unscrupulous partner Karl Malden tries to have his way with the girl, Cooper kills Malden. Sentenced to an immediate hanging, Cooper is saved when Schell offers to give the town her valuable mine. A surprise hit in 1959, The Hanging Tree was based on an award-winning novel by Dorothy M. Johnson. The film not only yielded a hit theme song by Mack David and Jerry Livingston, but also served as the film debut of George C. Scott, who plays Cooper's doctor predecessor. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi