The Westerner

1940    1h 40m    Not Rated
7.3100%76%70%
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.
Directed By
William Wyler
Written By
W.R. Burnett, Lillian Hellman,
Studio
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Cast of The Westerner
  • Gary CooperCole Harden
  • Walter BrennanJudge Roy Bean
  • Doris DavenportJane Ellen Mathews
  • Fred StoneCaliphet Mathews
  • Forrest TuckerWade Harper
  • Paul HurstChickenfoot
  • Chill WillsSoutheast
  • Lilian BondLily Langtry
  • Dana AndrewsHod Johnson
  • Charles HaltonMort Borrow
  • Trevor BardetteShad Wilkins
  • Tom TylerKing Evans
  • Lucien LittlefieldThe Stranger
  • C.E. AndersonHezekiah Willever (uncredited)
  • Stanley AndrewsSheriff (uncredited)
  • Arthur AylesworthMr. Dixon - Homesteader (uncredited)
  • Bill BeaumanMan Getting Haircut (uncredited)
  • Hank BellDeputy (uncredited)
  • Gertrude BennettAbigail (uncredited)
  • Danny BorzageJoe Yates (uncredited)
  • Charles ColemanLily Langtry's Manager (uncredited)
  • Heinie ConklinMan at Ticket Window (uncredited)
  • Philip ConnorJohn Yancy (uncredited)
  • Buck ConnorsAbraham Wilson (uncredited)
  • Frank CordellMan (uncredited)
  • Jim CoreyLee Webb (uncredited)
  • Joe De La CruzMex (uncredited)
  • Helen FosterJanice (uncredited)
  • William GillisLeon Beauregard (uncredited)
  • Roger GrayEph Stringer - Homesteader (uncredited)
  • Aleth HansenWalt McGary (uncredited)
  • Lew KellyTicket Man (uncredited)
  • Connie LeonLily Langtry's Maid (uncredited)
  • Art MixSeth Tucker (uncredited)
  • Corbet MorrisOrchestra Leader (uncredited)
  • Buck MoultonCharles Evans (uncredited)
  • Jack PennickHenry Williams (uncredited)
  • Julian RiveroJuan Gomez (uncredited)
  • Henry RoquemoreStage Manager (uncredited)
  • Annabelle RousseauElizabeth (uncredited)
  • Miriam SherwinMartha (uncredited)
  • William SteeleTex Cole (uncredited)
  • Phil TeadPrisoner (uncredited)
  • Lupita TovarTeresita (uncredited)
  • Blackjack WardBuck Harrigan (uncredited)
  • Ted WellsJoe Lawrence (uncredited)
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