Richard Denning, known for his science fiction film roles, appears with Donna Reed in the slam-bang western film, Hangman’s Knot (1952).

Donna Reed stars with Randolph Scott in Hangman’s Knot (1952). Variety called it a "slambang western."

Donna Reed was so terrified by Lee Marvin during the filming of Hangman's Knot that she did not let him come near her on and off the set.