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The Westerner
The Westerner

The Westerner

1940 100 min ★ 7.1 Western

Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.

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Cast

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Cole Harden

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Judge Roy Bean

Doris Davenport

Doris Davenport

Jane Ellen Mathews

Fred Stone

Fred Stone

Caliphet Mathews

Forrest Tucker

Forrest Tucker

Wade Harper

Paul Hurst

Paul Hurst

Chickenfoot

Chill Wills

Chill Wills

Southeast

Lilian Bond

Lilian Bond

Lily Langtry

Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews

Hod Johnson

Charles Halton

Charles Halton

Mort Borrow

Details

Director

William Wyler

Screenplay

Niven Busch

Tagline

"THE RAW UNTAMED ADVENTUROUS WEST...LIVES AGAIN!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Reviews

J

John Chard

July 10, 2016

★ 7/10

Law West of the Pecos. The Westerner is directed by William Wyler and written by Niven Busch, Jo Swerling and Stuart N. Lake. It stars Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Fred Stone and Doris Davenport. Music is by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Gregg Toland. Story is a fictionalised account about Judge Roy Bean (Brennan), who here rules Vingaroon Town by his own law and punishment. When s...

C

CinemaSerf

June 23, 2022

★ 7/10

Though not given top billing in this cracking cowboy adventure - the film certainly belongs to Walter Brennan. He, rather uncharacteristically, portrays the quite nasty piece of work "Judge Roy Bean" of Vinegarroon. When "Cole Harden" (Gary Cooper) arrives in this backwater Texan town, he's accused of and summarily convicted of stealing a horse. Some quick thinking, a few coins and a photo of actr...

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