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The Hanging Tree

  • Western

February 19, 1959 (US)

1h 47m

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 El...

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