The Westerner
THE RAW UNTAMED ADVENTUROUS WEST...LIVES AGAIN!
1940 · 1h 40m · Approved
Western
Directed by
William Wyler
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- William Wyler Director
- Gary Cooper as Cole Harden
- Walter Brennan as Judge Roy Bean
- Doris Davenport as Jane Ellen Mathews
- Fred Stone as Caliphet Mathews
- Forrest Tucker as Wade Harper
- Paul Hurst as Chickenfoot
- Chill Wills as Southeast
- Lilian Bond as Lily Langtry
- Dana Andrews as Hod Johnson
- Charles Halton as Mort Borrow
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