The Westerner

Name: The Westerner
Director: William Wyler
Genre: Western
Released: 1940-09-18
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Fred Stone, Forrest Tucker

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1940 · 100 min · NR · Western · TMDB 7.1/10

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.

Directed by William Wyler

Cast

Gary Cooper — Cole Harden
Walter Brennan — Judge Roy Bean
Doris Davenport — Jane Ellen Mathews
Fred Stone — Caliphet Mathews
Forrest Tucker — Wade Harper