The Westerner (1940)

Name: The Westerner
Director: William Wyler
Genre: Western
Released: 1940-09-18
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Fred Stone, Forrest Tucker

The Westerner (1940) is a Western film directed by William Wyler, rated 7.1/10 by 135 viewers.

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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Directed by William Wyler. Starring Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Fred Stone, Forrest Tucker.