Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play It Happened When A Killer With A Rope Ruled Nevada! Hangman&s Knot is an exciting suspense-filled Western starring Randolph Scott & an excellent supporting cast including Donna Reed & Lee Marvin At the end of the American Civil War a small band of Confederate soldiers ambush a Union gold shipment To their horror they learn from a dying soldier that the war between the North & the South has been over for a month Now facing certain criminal prosecution for acts committed while they thought the war was on the troop seeks refuge in a stagecoach waystation A feisty ex-Union army nurse (Reed) & three others are held captive while the men plot their next move The troops& leader (Scott) wants to return the gold in exchange for amnesty but the blood-thirsty bounty hunters are closing in & have every intention of taking the loot & hanging the soldiers