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The Westerner (1940)

NR ★ 7.1/10 100 min Western United States English
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay by: Jo Swerling, Niven Busch
Story by: Stuart N. Lake
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THE RAW UNTAMED ADVENTUROUS WEST...LIVES AGAIN!

Description

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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Top Cast

Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper Cole Harden
Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan Judge Roy Bean
Doris Davenport
Doris Davenport Jane Ellen Mathews
Fred Stone
Fred Stone Caliphet Mathews
Forrest Tucker
Forrest Tucker Wade Harper
Paul Hurst
Paul Hurst Chickenfoot
Chill Wills
Chill Wills Southeast
Lilian Bond
Lilian Bond Lily Langtry

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