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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1940-09-18
- Runtime:
- 100 min
- Genres:
- Western
- Director:
- William Wyler
- Top cast:
- Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Fred Stone, Forrest Tucker, Paul Hurst
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 7.1/10 from 131 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.8/10