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The Westerner

Name: The Westerner
Genre: Western
Released: 1940-09-18
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7.089

★ 7,1 /10 (135 Votes)

1940 EN 100 min

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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Release date

18/09/1940

Votes

135

Popularity

1.7

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Genres

Western

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

100 min

Gary Cooper

Cole Harden

Walter Brennan

Judge Roy Bean

Doris Davenport

Jane Ellen Mathews

Fred Stone

Caliphet Mathews

Forrest Tucker

Wade Harper

Paul Hurst

Chickenfoot

Chill Wills

Southeast

Lilian Bond

Lily Langtry

Dana Andrews

Hod Johnson

Charles Halton

Mort Borrow

Trevor Bardette

Shad Wilkins

Tom Tyler

King Evans

Lucien Littlefield

The Stranger

C.E. Anderson

Hezekiah Willever (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

Sheriff (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth

Mr. Dixon - Homesteader (uncredited)

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Bill Beauman

Man Getting Haircut (uncredited)

Hank Bell

Deputy (uncredited)

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Gertrude Bennett

Abigail (uncredited)

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Danny Borzage

Joe Yates (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Lily Langtry's Manager (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Man at Ticket Window (uncredited)

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Philip Connor

John Yancy (uncredited)

Buck Connors

Abraham Wilson (uncredited)

Frank Cordell

Man (uncredited)

Jim Corey

Lee Webb (uncredited)

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Joe De La Cruz

Mex (uncredited)

Helen Foster

Janice (uncredited)

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William Gillis

Leon Beauregard (uncredited)

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Roger Gray

Eph Stringer - Homesteader (uncredited)

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Aleth Hansen

Walt McGary (uncredited)

Lew Kelly

Ticket Man (uncredited)

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Connie Leon

Lily Langtry's Maid (uncredited)

Art Mix

Seth Tucker (uncredited)

Corbet Morris

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

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Buck Moulton

Charles Evans (uncredited)

Jack Pennick

Henry Williams (uncredited)

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Julian Rivero

Juan Gomez (uncredited)

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Henry Roquemore

Stage Manager (uncredited)

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Annabelle Rousseau

Elizabeth (uncredited)

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Miriam Sherwin

Martha (uncredited)

William Steele

Tex Cole (uncredited)

Phil Tead

Prisoner (uncredited)

Lupita Tovar

Teresita (uncredited)

Blackjack Ward

Buck Harrigan (uncredited)

Ted Wells

Joe Lawrence (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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Law West of the Pecos. The Westerner is directed by William Wyler and written by Niven Busch, Jo Swerling and Stuart N. Lake. It stars Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Fred Stone and Doris Davenport. Music is by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Gregg Toland. Story is a fictionalised account about Judge Roy Bean (Brennan), who here rules Vingaroon Town by his own law and punishment. When suspected horse thief Cole Harden (Cooper) comes under his judicial system, they become odd friends due to Harden claiming to know personally Lily Langtree - the object of Bean's worship. Lots of u…

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Though not given top billing in this cracking cowboy adventure - the film certainly belongs to Walter Brennan. He, rather uncharacteristically, portrays the quite nasty piece of work "Judge Roy Bean" of Vinegarroon. When "Cole Harden" (Gary Cooper) arrives in this backwater Texan town, he's accused of and summarily convicted of stealing a horse. Some quick thinking, a few coins and a photo of actress Lily Langtree manage to save his bacon long enough for him to befriend the judge before he gets involved in a ruthless turf war between the local cattlemen against the homesteaders. Brennan is sma…

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