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Hangman's Knot is a american film of genre Action directed by Claude Jarman Jr. released in USA on 15 november 1952 with Randolph Scott

Hangman's Knot (1952)

Hangman's Knot
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Released in USA 15 november 1952
Length 1h21
Directed by ,    ,    ,    ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Action,    Western
Rating66% 3.344743.344743.344743.344743.34474

Hangman's Knot is a 1952 American Western film written and directed by Roy Huggins and starring Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, and Claude Jarman, Jr. The film is about a group of Confederate soldiers, unaware that the Civil War is over, who intercept a shipment of gold escorted by Union cavalry troops and are then pursued by a renegade posse. Hangman's Knot was filmed on location in the Alabama Hills in Lone Pine, California.

Synopsis

In the spring of 1865 in Nevada, a small band of Confederate soldiers disguised as civilians intercept a shipment of gold escorted by Union cavalry troops. Following a heated battle that results in losses on both sides, Confederate Major Matt Stewart (Randolph Scott) learns from a dying Union officer that the war ended a month earlier. Matt and his men transport the gold as planned to the scheduled rendezvous with Captain Petersen (Glenn Langan) who has been scouting the area disguised as a traveling peddler. When Petersen confirms that the war is indeed over and admits that he knew of Lee's surrender but made no attempt to tell the men, hot-headed Rolph Bainter (Lee Marvin) shoots him dead. The men briefly debate what to do with the gold. As ranking officer, Matt decides they will take the gold back to the South to help finance their country's reconstruction.

Actors

Randolph Scott

(Major Matt Stewart)Donna Reed

(Molly Hull)Claude Jarman Jr.

(Jamie Groves)Frank Faylen

(Cass Browne)Richard Denning

(Lee Kemper)
And :
Lee Marvin
Glenn Langan
Jeanette Nolan
Monte Blue
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