The Westerner
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.
At a glance
Countries
United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
7.1/10
131 votes
Rating consensus
71/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~71/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Gary Cooper
Cole Harden
Walter Brennan
Judge Roy Bean
Doris Davenport
Jane Ellen Mathews
Fred Stone
Caliphet Mathews
Forrest Tucker
Wade Harper
Paul Hurst
Chickenfoot
Chill Wills
Southeast
Lilian Bond
Lily Langtry
Dana Andrews
Hod Johnson
Charles Halton
Mort Borrow
Trevor Bardette
Shad Wilkins
Tom Tyler
King Evans
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The Westerner (1940)
William Wyler
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