The Westerner

The Westerner (1940)

THE RAW UNTAMED ADVENTUROUS WEST...LIVES AGAIN!

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.

Date of release
1940-09-18
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (139)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Western
Director
William Wyler

Casting

  • Gary Cooper — Cole Harden
  • Walter Brennan — Judge Roy Bean
  • Doris Davenport — Jane Ellen Mathews
  • Fred Stone — Caliphet Mathews
  • Forrest Tucker — Wade Harper
  • Paul Hurst — Chickenfoot
  • Chill Wills — Southeast
  • Lilian Bond — Lily Langtry
  • Dana Andrews — Hod Johnson
  • Charles Halton — Mort Borrow
  • Trevor Bardette — Shad Wilkins
  • Tom Tyler — King Evans

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