The Ride to Hangman's Tree (1966)
Directed by Alan Rafkin
Genres - Western, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Revisionist Western |
Release Date - May 1, 1967 (USA - Unknown), May 1, 1967 (USA) |
Run Time - 90 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Tana Hobart
The movie opens as two outlaws are just being rescued from being hung as thieves by an old friend. They go their separate ways, but keep running into each other across the country on their way to California as they alternately are on the good and bad side of the law. Their rescuer becomes the infamous "Black Bandit," the nemesis of the Wells Fargo line, they work for the line and have to protect it. They decide to rob the line.... ad infinitum. Good working relationship between the actors makes this a much more comfortable movie than it might have been with the hackneyed plot line.
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robbery, outlaw [Western], employment, escape, rescue, mask [disguise], loot, lynching, shipment, stagecoach, friendship