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71% Critic Match
The Westerner
“THE RAW UNTAMED ADVENTUROUS WEST...LIVES AGAIN!”
7.1 / 10• 1940• 1h 40m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Gary Cooper
Cole Harden
Lead
Walter Brennan
Judge Roy Bean
Doris Davenport
Jane Ellen Mathews
Fred Stone
Caliphet Mathews
Forrest Tucker
Wade Harper
Paul Hurst
Chickenfoot
Chill Wills
Southeast
Lilian Bond
Lily Langtry
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William Wyler's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Westerner is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
