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NR 6.71959107mWestern
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“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.

Status
Released
Original Language
English
Production
Baroda, Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

Gary CooperGary CooperDr. Joseph "Doc" FrailMaria SchellMaria SchellElizabeth MahlerKarl MaldenKarl MaldenFrenchy PlanteGeorge C. ScottGeorge C. ScottGeorge GrubbKarl SwensonKarl SwensonTom FlaunceVirginia GreggVirginia GreggEdna FlaunceJohn DierkesJohn DierkesSociety RedKing DonovanKing DonovanWonderBen PiazzaBen PiazzaRuneEmile AveryTownsman (uncredited)Fern BarryMother (uncredited)William BenedictWilliam BenedictTrapper (uncredited)

Media

Official Trailer

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User Reviews

Wuchak
Wuchak7/10

**_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 mention his successful practice threatens the livelihood of a faith healer (George C. Scott). "The Hanging Tree" (1959) was Cooper’s second to last Western. He passed away due to…

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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, an…

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