The Westerner
Movie
1940
1h 40m
NR
English
Action, Western, Romance
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The Westerner
NR
Movie
1940
1h 40m
English
Action, Western, Romance
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
Cole Harden
Judge Roy Bean
Jane Ellen Mathews
Caliphet Mathews
Wade Harper
Chickenfoot
Southeast
Lily Langtry
Hod Johnson
Mort Borrow
Shad Wilkins
King Evans
The Stranger
Hezekiah Willever (uncredited)
Sheriff (uncredited)
Mr. Dixon - Homesteader (uncredited...
Man Getting Haircut (uncredited)
Deputy (uncredited)
Abigail (uncredited)
Joe Yates (uncredited)
Lily Langtry's Manager (uncredited)
Man at Ticket Window (uncredited)
John Yancy (uncredited)
Abraham Wilson (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Directed By: William Wyler
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
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 More
John Chard
6 years ago
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 More
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 More
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