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User Rating:
7.3/10   819 votes
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Director:
Delmer Daves
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Writers:
Dorothy M. Johnson (novel)
Wendell Mayes (writer) ...
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Release Date:
13 March 1959 (Finland) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance | Western more
Tagline:
From The Prize Novel -- A Picture Of Thundering Power!
Plot:
Character study of a Doctor who saves a local criminal from a mob who are trying to hang him, but then tries to control the life of the young man... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
A sadly overlooked classic western--one of the best! more (23 total)

Cast

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Gary Cooper ... Dr. Joseph 'Doc' Frail
Maria Schell ... Elizabeth Mahler

Karl Malden ... Frenchy Plante

George C. Scott ... Dr. George Grubb
Karl Swenson ... Tom Flaunce
Virginia Gregg ... Edna Flaunce
John Dierkes ... Society Red
King Donovan ... Wonder
Ben Piazza ... Rune, Frail's Bond Servant
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Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Filming Locations:
Yakima, Washington, USA
Company:
Baroda more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Film debut of George C. Scott. more
Movie Connections:
Edited into Meine Schwester Maria (2002) more
Soundtrack:
THE HANGING TREE more

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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
A sadly overlooked classic western--one of the best!, 14 September 2002
Author: Schilling, Scott A. from New Bloomfield, Missouri

This movie should be right up there with "High Noon", "The Searchers", "The Magnificent Seven", and other classic westerns. The cinematography and fantastic outdoor location alone make it a must see. Gary Cooper plays a gun-toting frontier doctor, with a mysterious past, Maria Schell, a determined immigrant, who becomes his patient. Karl Malden, a ruthless miner, who becomes her partner. The supporting cast is excellent, including a very slender young actor by the name of George C. Scott, whose performance is compelling. This is one of Cooper's last movies, and one of his best. I'm not really sure why, but this movie has not been enjoyed as much as it should, or received the praise it deserves. If you're a fan of the genre, and you have not seen this movie, you owe it to yourself to check it out.

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