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Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
130 audience votes
Key crew
- Halsted WellesScreenplay
- Delmer DavesDirector
- Wendell MayesScreenplay
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gary CooperDr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
- Maria SchellElizabeth Mahler
- Karl MaldenFrenchy Plante
- George C. ScottGeorge Grubb
- Karl SwensonTom Flaunce
- Virginia GreggEdna Flaunce
- John DierkesSociety Red
- King DonovanWonder
- Ben PiazzaRune
- Emile AveryTownsman (uncredited)
- Fern BarryMother (uncredited)
- William BenedictTrapper (uncredited)