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The Westerner
The Westerner
Western 09/18/1940

The Westerner (1940)

"THE RAW UNTAMED ADVENTUROUS WEST...LIVES AGAIN!"

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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.

William Wyler

Director

Jo Swerling

Screenplay

Niven Busch

Screenplay