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The Westerner

Classic western starring Gary Cooper as a drifter who crosses swords with Judge Roy Bean and is drawn into a conflict between settlers and Texas cattlemen.

Drifter Cole Harden befriends the notorious Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Texas.

Harden is about to be hanged by Bean when he spots the judge's obsession with actress and singer Lily Langtry and spins the judge a tale.

The men become friends, even though Harden opposes Bean's mission to drive homesteaders off the land to make it suitable for cattle grazing.

When Harden falls for the daughter of a homesteader, he tries to get the judge to drop his violent ways against them.

1 hour, 36 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Jun 201708:25

Credits

RoleContributor
Cole HardenGary Cooper
Judge Roy BeanWalter Brennan
Jane Ellen MatthewsDoris Davenport
Wade HarperForrest Tucker
Hod JohnsonDana Andrews
Caliphet MathewsFred Stone
SoutheastChill Wills
Lily LangtryLilian Bond
Mort BorrowCharles Halton
Shad WilkinsTrevor Bardette
DirectorWilliam Wyler
WriterJo Swerling
WriterNiven Busch

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