The Westerner
“THE RAW UNTAMED ADVENTUROUS WEST...LIVES AGAIN!”
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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Cast
46 people
Gary Cooper
Cole Harden
Known for
High Noon
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Walter Brennan
Judge Roy Bean
Known for
Rio Bravo
To Have and Have Not
Doris Davenport
Jane Ellen Mathews
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Sorority House
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Fred Stone
Caliphet Mathews
Known for
Alice Adams
Forrest Tucker
Wade Harper
Known for
The Abominable Snowman
Chisum
Paul Hurst
Chickenfoot
Known for
Island of Lost Souls
The Ox-Bow Incident
Chill Wills
Southeast
Known for
Giant
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Lilian Bond
Lily Langtry
Known for
The Old Dark House
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dana Andrews
Hod Johnson
Known for
Laura
The Best Years of Our Lives
Charles Halton
Mort Borrow
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
The Shop Around the Corner
Trevor Bardette
Shad Wilkins
Known for
Gun Crazy
The Monolith Monsters
Tom Tyler
King Evans
Known for
Stagecoach
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
William Wyler Director · Jo Swerling Screenplay Niven Busch Screenplay
Budget $1M · United States release September 18, 1940 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$1,000,000
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 18, 1940
Theatrical
France
August 14, 1946 · Theatrical
Japan
January 11, 1951 · Theatrical
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