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Synopsis: In 1873, on the Gold Trail, Montana, the mysterious and controlling Dr. Joseph Frail arrives in the small town of Skull Creek with miners in a gold rush. Dr. Frail buys a cabin on the top of a hill and he sees the smalltime thief Rune wounded and chased by a mob that wants to hang him. Dr. Frail helps and heals Rune; but in return, he demands that the young man becomes his bond servant. The alcoholic healer and preacher George Grubb tells to the locals that Dr. Frail, who is an excellent gambler and gunfighter, is a devil and has a mysterious past but nobody gives attention to his words. Soon the stagecoach is robbed by thieves that kill the passengers but the coachman survives and three days later he reaches Skull Creek. He tells that the horses had speed down the hill with a young woman inside the stagecoach. The men organize a pursuit and the rude Frenchy Plante finds the Swedish Elizabeth Mahler burnt and blind. Dr. Frail and Rune take care of her and they learn that Elizabeth and
Genre: Western
Production: Warner Bros.
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
NOT RATED
Year:
1959
107 min
302 Views


...it suited a man with frail hope.

You knew that wasn't his

real name, didn't you?

No, I didn't.

- A strange man, the Doc.

- Yes.

Tried to get himself killed.

I know he slammed a fellow,

because this fellow asked

about a house that burned down.

A wonder the Doc

didn't shoot him.

Why would he have shot him?

There's a story about the Doc.

A man named Temple

was a doctor.

He lived in a town where

the Ohio runs into the Mississippi.

Seems the doctor lived in a fine grand house

on the point that overlooked the joining of the waters.

And something happened in

that house one night.

A man and a woman were killed.

And the doctor...

...put a torch to the house

and burned it to the ground.

You can still see the burned fingers sticking

above the willows where the rivers meet.

- See anything?

- Rattlesnakes.

I dunno, something.

Hey, you looking to kill a snake?

Lady!

Lady!

Lady!

I've got water. I've got water!

Water. Water.

No, no.

Not so fast, lost lady.

Please, lady. I...

... I'm going

to shoot off a gun, ma'am.

Lady...

Lady, don't be scared.

I'm going to shoot off a gun

to call the other searchers here.

You're going to be all right, Ma'am.

Frenchy promises.

- Come here!

- Is she alive?

Yes, but she sure is cooked.

She's cooked good.

Come here. Look, how she's

hanging on to my canteen.

She won't let go, see?

The poor thing ought to be dead.

Ain't much left from the neck up.

But she still is all woman

from there down.

I was only trying to

pay her a compliment.

There's nothing wrong in that.

We're going to make a litter

and take her to the cabin in Stump Meadow.

I'll ride after Doc Frail and

pass the word that you found her.

Just look here.

Maybe she was pretty.

Hey! The lost lady's found!

I found her!

At the canyon.

Me! She's alive!

I've found the lady, Doc. I want you to

come right away. She needs you.

I have a patient here.

What's the red head doing at your place?

She's dying. She didn't want to

do it where she works.

The Lost Lady is real bad.

They're taking her to Stump Meadow.

I'll be over as quick as I can.

- You ain't doing the red head no good, are you?

- No. I guess nobody ever has.

But I'm not leaving her now.

- How long will you be?

- Couple of hours, maybe.

Do you want me to strangle her

to hurry it along?

I don't want nothing from you, Doc.

Nothing at all.

I have done my duty in finding her.

You do yours when you see like it.

Glad you're here, Doc.

Let us know how she is, will you?

We took turns watching her.

She didn't move once

the whole night.

The red head kick off?

Sure glad you got here, Doc.

- You own this place?

- Yes.

- Who put the axle grease on her?

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Wendell Mayes

Wendell Curran Mayes (July 21, 1919 – March 28, 1992) was a Hollywood screenwriter. more…

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