HANGMAN'S KNOT
DIRECTED & WRITTEN BY ROY HUGGINS
PRODUCED BY HARRY JOE BROWN/ RANDOLPH SCOTT
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Plot Summary
In 1865, a troop of Confederate soldiers led by Major Matt Stewart attack the wagon of gold escorted by Union cavalry and the soldiers are killed. The only wounded survivor tells that the war ended one month ago, and the group decides to take the gold and meet their liaison that knew that the war ended but did not inform the troop. The harsh Rolph Bainter kills the greedy man and the soldiers flee in his wagon driven by Major Stewart. When they meet a posse chasing them, Stewart gives wrong information to misguide the group; however, they have an accident with the wagon and lose the horses. They decide to stop a stagecoach and force the driver to transport them, but the posse returns and they are trapped in the station with the passenger. They realize that the men are not deputies and have no intention to bring them to justice but take the stolen gold.
Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cast
Randolph Scott ... Matt Stewart
Donna Reed ... Molly Hull
Claude Jarman Jr. ... Jamie Groves
Frank Faylen ... Cass Browne
Glenn Langan ... Capt. Petersen
Richard Denning ... Lee Kemper
Lee Marvin ... Rolph Bainter
Jeanette Nolan ... Mrs. Margaret Harris
Clem Bevans ... Plunkett, the Station agent
Ray Teal ... Quincey
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Smitty
Monte Blue ... Maxwell
John Call ... Egan Walsh
and many more...
Directed
Roy Huggins
Writing Credits
Roy Huggins ... (written by)
Produced
Harry Joe Brown ... producer
Randolph Scott ... associate producer
Cinematography
Charles Lawton Jr. ... director of photography
Goofs
Anachronisms
When the Confederates ambush the Union gold shipment, they use dynamite. The film is set in 1865, but dynamite was not patented by its inventor, Alfred Nobel, until 1867. Dynamite was not in use during the American Civil War by either side.
Crew or equipment visible
During the gold robbery, there is an obvious dummy 'driving' the wagon just before the mules separate from it.
The same dummy is used when one of the characters gets his foot caught in a stirrup, and is dragged off at high speed by his horse.
Plot holes
When Bainter throws the stick of dynamite during the robbery, three cavalry troopers are blown off their horses and killed, but the horses suffer no injuries.
Revealing mistakes
The man fighting with Lee Marvin is obviously not Randolph Scott.
Filming Locations
Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
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