Dokter Joe Frail redt een lokale crimineel van ophanging in een goudzoekerskamp. Vervolgens neemt hij controle over het leven van de jonge man om zijn geheim te exploiteren.
Nee, helaas is The Hanging Tree nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Halsted Welles | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dorothy M. Johnson | Novel |
| Directing | Delmer Daves | Director |
| Writing | Wendell Mayes | Screenplay |
| Sound | Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jerry Livingston | Songs |
| Sound | Murray Cutter | Orchestrator |
| Production | Martin Jurow | Producer |
| Sound | Stanley Jones | Sound |
| Sound | Mack David | Songs |
| Production | Richard Shepherd | Producer |
| Production | Lew Leary | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marjorie Best | Costume Design |
| Camera | Ted D. McCord | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Owen Marks | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gordon Bau | Makeup Supervisor |
| Directing | Russell Llewellyn | Assistant Director |
| Art | Frank M. Miller | Set Decoration |
| Art | Daniel B. Cathcart | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henry Vilardo | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Archie Neel | Property Master |
| Sound | Marty Robbins | Theme Song Performance |
