Movielogr
The Westerner (1940)
Directed by William Wyler
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.
Rated NR | Length 100 minutes
Actors
Gary Cooper | Walter Brennan | Doris Davenport | Fred Stone | Forrest Tucker | Paul Hurst | Chill Wills | Lilian Bond | Dana Andrews | Charles Halton | Trevor Bardette | Tom Tyler | Lucien Littlefield | C.E. Anderson | Stanley Andrews | Arthur Aylesworth | Bill Beauman | Hank Bell | Gertrude Bennett | Danny Borzage | Charles Coleman | Heinie Conklin | Philip Connor | Buck Connors | Frank Cordell | Jim Corey | Joe De La Cruz | Helen Foster | William Gillis | Roger Gray | Aleth Hansen | Lew Kelly | Connie Leon | Art Mix | Corbet Morris | Buck Moulton | Jack Pennick | Julian Rivero | Henry Roquemore | Annabelle Rousseau | Miriam Sherwin | William Steele | Phil Tead | Lupita Tovar | Blackjack Ward | Ted Wells