Victoria Silverwolf
Vegetarian Werewolf
Watched at home during my week off:
The Hanging Tree (1959)
Based on the novella of the same name by acclaimed Western writer Dorothy M. Johnson. Gary Cooper is a physician with a dark past (not the same as in the story) who arrives in a mining camp in Montana in the Old West. A woman barely survives being lost in the wilderness after the coach bringing her and her father to the place is attacked by bandits and her father killed. Cooper takes her in and slowly heals her. (Her body is burned all over and she is temporarily blinded by the sun.) (Minor change: She's an immigrant instead of an American [to explain the accent of Maria Schell playing the part, I suppose.] Major change: She fails to suffer the psychological damage in the story, which renders her unable to leave the cabin where she is healed.) Karl Malden is around as a guy who wants her to invest in his gold mine, and who is our antagonist. There's also a young guy who tries to steal gold, is wounded by gunfire, and is taken in by Cooper as a kind of indentured servant. Also around is George C. Scott as a crazy preacher. (These characters are in the story as well.)
***SPOILER*** (In the unlikely event you'll rush out to see this.)
It keeps the story's climax, in which the woman saves Cooper from THE HANGING TREE by throwing a bunch of gold from the successful mine at the lynch mob.
***END SPOILER***
Overall, it follows the novella fairly well, and is a pretty decent Western.
The Hanging Tree (1959)
Based on the novella of the same name by acclaimed Western writer Dorothy M. Johnson. Gary Cooper is a physician with a dark past (not the same as in the story) who arrives in a mining camp in Montana in the Old West. A woman barely survives being lost in the wilderness after the coach bringing her and her father to the place is attacked by bandits and her father killed. Cooper takes her in and slowly heals her. (Her body is burned all over and she is temporarily blinded by the sun.) (Minor change: She's an immigrant instead of an American [to explain the accent of Maria Schell playing the part, I suppose.] Major change: She fails to suffer the psychological damage in the story, which renders her unable to leave the cabin where she is healed.) Karl Malden is around as a guy who wants her to invest in his gold mine, and who is our antagonist. There's also a young guy who tries to steal gold, is wounded by gunfire, and is taken in by Cooper as a kind of indentured servant. Also around is George C. Scott as a crazy preacher. (These characters are in the story as well.)
***SPOILER*** (In the unlikely event you'll rush out to see this.)
It keeps the story's climax, in which the woman saves Cooper from THE HANGING TREE by throwing a bunch of gold from the successful mine at the lynch mob.
***END SPOILER***
Overall, it follows the novella fairly well, and is a pretty decent Western.