
The Westerner
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.
Release Date: 1940-09-18
Western
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Casts

Gary Cooper
as Cole Harden

Walter Brennan
as Judge Roy Bean

Doris Davenport
as Jane Ellen Mathews

Fred Stone
as Caliphet Mathews

Forrest Tucker
as Wade Harper

Paul Hurst
as Chickenfoot

Chill Wills
as Southeast

Lilian Bond
as Lily Langtry

Dana Andrews
as Hod Johnson

Charles Halton
as Mort Borrow