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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.
Last on
Sat 10 Jun 2017
08:25
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Cole Harden | Gary Cooper |
| Judge Roy Bean | Walter Brennan |
| Jane Ellen Matthews | Doris Davenport |
| Wade Harper | Forrest Tucker |
| Hod Johnson | Dana Andrews |
| Caliphet Mathews | Fred Stone |
| Southeast | Chill Wills |
| Lily Langtry | Lilian Bond |
| Mort Borrow | Charles Halton |
| Shad Wilkins | Trevor Bardette |
| Director | William Wyler |
| Writer | Jo Swerling |
| Writer | Niven Busch |