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Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967)
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May 1967 (USA)
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Cast
(in credits order) | Jack Lord | ... | Guy |
 | Melodie Johnson | ... | Lillie |
 | James Farentino | ... | Matt |
| Don Galloway | ... | Nevada |
 | Richard Anderson | ... | Carlson |
| Ed Peck | ... | Sheriff Stewart |
| Robert Yuro | ... | Scott |
| Robert Cornthwaite | ... | Harper |
| Paul Reed | ... | Corbett |
| Fabian Dean | ... | Indian |
| John Pickard | ... | Pete |
| Claudia Bryar | ... | Mrs. Harmon |
| Robert Sorrells | ... | Blake |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Virginia Capers | ... | Teresa Moreno (uncredited) |
| Richard H. Cutting | ... | Ed Mason (uncredited) |
| George DeNormand | ... | Show Spectator (uncredited) |
| Joe Haworth | ... | Joe (uncredited) |
| Wesley Lau | ... | Sheriff Gordon (uncredited) |
| Elda Maida | ... | Mamacita (uncredited) |
| Stuart Nisbet | ... | Russell (uncredited) |
| Gene O'Donnell | ... | Alcott (uncredited) |
| Hank Robinson | ... | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Bing Russell | ... | Keller (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Sayre | ... | Man Next to Violinist (uncredited) |
| Jack Tornek | ... | Show Spectator (uncredited) |
| Harlan Warde | ... | Brown (uncredited) |
| Len Wayland | ... | Clayton (uncredited) |
 | Francine York | ... | Connie - Mayor's Wife (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Alan Rafkin | |||
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| Luci Ward | (screenplay) & | |
| Jack Natteford | (screenplay) and | |
| William Bowers | (screenplay) | |
| Luci Ward | (story) and | |
| Jack Natteford | (story) | |
Produced by | |||
| Howard Christie | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Frank Skinner | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Gene Polito | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Gene Palmer | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Alexander Golitzen | |||
| John T. McCormack | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| John McCarthy Jr. | (set decorations) (as John McCarthy) | ||
| Ralph Sylos | (set decorations) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| Rosemary Odell | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Larry Germain | .... | hair stylist | |
| Bud Westmore | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| William S. Gilmore | .... | unit production manager (as William S. Gilmore Jr.) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Joseph E. Kenney | .... | assistant director (as Joseph Kenny) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Edwin J. Somers Jr. | .... | sound (as Edwin J. Somers) | |
| Waldon O. Watson | .... | sound | |
Stunts | |||
| Tex Hill | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Joseph Gershenson | .... | music supervisor | |
| Jack Brooks | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Cy Coleman | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Irving Gertz | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Frederick Herbert | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Henry Mancini | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Hans J. Salter | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Frank Skinner | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Herman Stein | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Harold Belfer | .... | choreographer (as Hal Belfer) | |
Production Companies
- Universal Pictures (presents) (as Universal)
- Universal Pictures (1967) (USA) (theatrical) (as A Universal Picture)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1969) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
- Comet Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
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90 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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USA:Approved (MPAA rating: certificate #21413) | UK:U (subTV: 85 min) (1992) | UK:U (passed with cuts) | UK:U (tv rating) | Finland:K-12
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This stodgy, unimaginative western was made in 1967, ten years after the genre had ceased to interest anyone. Important plot elements are left unresolved. Guy's love for Lillie, once it is thwarted, is simply dropped, and Guy doesn't seem bothered. Nobody refers to it again. The story's ending is utterly unconvincing, as though the writers were unsure how to 'tidy' the plot strands, and simply decided to cut the gordian knot. The actual ride to the tree happens in the first reel, and nothing resembling it happens in the rest of the movie. Jack Lord and James Farentino are pretty, and pretty good, as the male leads: they turn in competent journeyman performances. Melodie Johnson is miscast as Lillie: her radically unsexy screen presence is symbolised by the cringingly awful mimed song in her stage act. A wooden-headed plot, tediously predictable stunt action and weak humour can't prevent this being an amiable, if unchallenging, piece of entertainment. Curiously for such an unambitious film, it echoes and prefigures more sophisticated westerns of its era: the two heroes, trapped in a hovel, wisecrack while their assailants pile on the firepower ("Butch Cassidy", 1969) and they are saved from the noose by their partner's fancy shooting ("The Good, The Bad &c.", 1966). Not worth a trip to the cinema, but a mildly pleasant TV experience on a wet afternoon - which is how I stumbled across it.