The Westerner

The Westerner

★ 7.1IMDb Score
Released:1940-09-18
Genre:Western
Duration:100 min
Director:William Wyler
Actors:Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Fred Stone, Forrest Tucker
Production:Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Keywords:horse thief

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.

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