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The story takes place in Skull Creek, an 1870s Montana gold camp. Dr. Joseph Frail (Cooper) arrives, setting out his shingle near the camp's boom-or-bust hubbub of adventurers, ladies of fortune, mountain men and just plain decent folks. As skilled with a six-gun as with a scalpel, Frail will need both. A tragic past shadows his days. The treachery of the mob clouds his future. A determined immigrant (Maria Schell), a shifty-eyed miner (Karl Malden) and a hellfire preacher (debuting George C. Scott) figure prominently in Frail's showdown with fate. Prominent, too, is the breathtaking countryside. Here the mountains are imposing. And a man alone looms ever taller.
Original Release
02/19/1959
US Release
03/13/1959
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gary Cooper | Dr. Joseph 'Doc' Frail / Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail |
Maria Schell | Elizabeth Mahler |
Karl Malden | Frenchy Plante |
George C. Scott | George Grubb |
Karl Swenson | Tom Flaunce |
Virginia Gregg | Edna Flaunce |
John Dierkes | Society Red |
King Donovan | Wonder |
Ben Piazza | Rune |
Emile Avery | Townsman |
Directors
Karl Malden, Delmer Daves, Vincent Sherman
Writers
Wendell Mayes, Halsted Welles, Dorothy M. Johnson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gary Cooper | Dr. Joseph 'Doc' Frail / Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail |
Maria Schell | Elizabeth Mahler |
Karl Malden | Frenchy Plante |
George C. Scott | George Grubb |
Karl Swenson | Tom Flaunce |
Virginia Gregg | Edna Flaunce |
John Dierkes | Society Red |
King Donovan | Wonder |
Ben Piazza | Rune |
Emile Avery | Townsman |
Fern Barry | Mother |
William 'Billy' Benedict | Trapper |
Oscar Blank | Townsman |
Danny Borzage | Dan |
Annette Claudier | Dance Hall Girl |
Tex Driscoll | Townsman |
Martin Eric | Father |
Frank Hagney | Townsman |
Dick Hudkins | Townsman |
John Hudkins | Townsman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Martin Jurow | Producer |
Richard Shepherd | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1960 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |