

The Westerner
1940 · Movie · 1h 40m · NR
Western
"THE RAW UNTAMED ADVENTUROUS WEST...LIVES AGAIN!"
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
78/100
Key crew
- Niven BuschScreenplay
- William WylerDirector
- Jo SwerlingScreenplay
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gary CooperCole Harden
- Walter BrennanJudge Roy Bean
- Doris DavenportJane Ellen Mathews
- Fred StoneCaliphet Mathews
- Forrest TuckerWade Harper
- Paul HurstChickenfoot
- Chill WillsSoutheast
- Lilian BondLily Langtry
- Dana AndrewsHod Johnson
- Charles HaltonMort Borrow
- Trevor BardetteShad Wilkins
- Tom TylerKing Evans
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Themes
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