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 | Dorothy M. Johnson | Novel |
| Writing | Halsted Welles | Screenplay |
| Directing | Delmer Daves | Director |
| Writing | Wendell Mayes | Screenplay |
| Sound | Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Mack David | Songs |
| Production | Martin Jurow | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marjorie Best | Costume Design |
| Sound | Jerry Livingston | Songs |
| Sound | Stanley Jones | Sound |
| Camera | Ted D. McCord | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gordon Bau | Makeup Supervisor |
| Production | Richard Shepherd | Producer |
| Production | Lew Leary | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Frank M. Miller | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Murray Cutter | Orchestrator |
| Art | Daniel B. Cathcart | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Editing | Owen Marks | Editor |
| Directing | Russell Llewellyn | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henry Vilardo | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Archie Neel | Property Master |
| Sound | Marty Robbins | Theme Song Performance |
