The Westerner

Sep 18, 1940

1h 40m

★ 7.1

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.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

The Westerner Trailers

Cast

Cole Harden

Gary Cooper

Judge Roy Bean

Walter Brennan

Jane Ellen Mathews

Doris Davenport

Caliphet Mathews

Fred Stone

Wade Harper

Forrest Tucker

Chickenfoot

Paul Hurst

Southeast

Chill Wills

Lily Langtry

Lilian Bond

Hod Johnson

Dana Andrews

Mort Borrow

Charles Halton

Shad Wilkins

Trevor Bardette

King Evans

Tom Tyler

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