Movie

The Westerner (1940)

• NR
• September 18, 1940
• 1h 40m

• Western

“THE RAW UNTAMED ADVENTUROUS WEST...LIVES AGAIN!”

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.

Director

William Wyler

Writers

Niven Busch, Stuart N. Lake, Jo Swerling

Starring

Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport