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The Westerner
THE RAW UNTAMED ADVENTUROUS WEST...LIVES AGAIN!
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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Synopsis
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.
More about The Westerner
Cast
Gary CooperCole Harden
Walter BrennanJudge Roy Bean
Doris DavenportJane Ellen Mathews
Fred StoneCaliphet Mathews
Forrest TuckerWade Harper
Paul HurstChickenfoot
Chill WillsSoutheast
Lilian BondLily LangtryCredits
- Directed by
- William Wyler
- Written by
- Jo Swerling, Niven Busch, Stuart N. Lake
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
Samuel Goldwyn ProductionsUnited States
Themes
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