The Hanging Tree (1959)
The Hanging Tree is a 1959 movie directed by Delmer Daves. Karl Malden took over directing duties for several days when Daves fell ill. The film stars Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, George C. Scott and Malden and is set in the gold fields of Montana during the gold rush of the 1860s and 1870s. There are actually several subliminal aspects to the story plot that lie just under the surface of the basic premise of this somewhat obscure cinematic masterpiece, which elevate this movie to a whole other level of psychological complexity than the typical western movie.
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