The Hanging Tree
Directed by Delmer Daves. 107mins (1959)
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, realising that he can exploit his secret.
Gary Cooper - Dr. Joseph Frail
Also starring Maria Schell, Karl Malden, George C. Scott, Karl Swenson, Virginia Gregg and Ben Piazza.
Western based on the novel of the same name by Dorothy M. Johnson, published in 1957. It was left ambiguous whether the doctor had killed his unfaithful wife.
Oscar nomination for Best Song.
Tagline - A Picture Of Thundering Power!