The Westerner

1940·100'

William Wyler

Western

Letterboxd TMDB #14710

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.

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