The Hanging Tree

1959 film by Karl Malden, Delmer Daves
Movie film Q1193688
The Hanging Tree
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Summary

The Hanging Tree is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,032 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Delmer Daves[3], Karl Malden[4]
  • Screenwriter: Wendell Mayes[5]
  • Composer: Jerry Livingston[6]
  • Genre: Western film[7], drama film[8]
  • Cast member: Gary Cooper[9], Maria Schell[10], Karl Malden[11], George C. Scott[12], Karl Swenson[13], John Dierkes[14], Ben Piazza[15], Virginia Gregg[16], King Donovan[17], Bud Osborne[18]
  • Producer: Martin Jurow[19], Richard Shepherd[20]
  • Director of photography: Ted McCord[21]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[22]
  • Commons category: The Hanging Tree[23]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[24]
  • Review score: 7.3/10[25], 89%[26]
  • Color: color[27]
  • Country of origin: United States[28]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1959[29]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[30]
  • Narrative location: Montana[31]
  • Film editor: Owen Marks[32]
  • Title: The Hanging Tree[33]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[34]
  • Duration: 107 minutes[35]
  • Costume designer: Marjorie Best[36]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[37]

Why It Matters

The Hanging Tree has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . interfilmes.com. Retrieved . interfilmes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . interfilmes.com. Retrieved . interfilmes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', 'i
    Ampas collections film id → W062160
    Sitelink count → 22
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 16363
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 16363, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  3. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Wendell Mayes
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+107'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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