The Westerner
Accused of stealing horses, drifter Cole Harden (Gary Cooper) finds himself before the infamous Judge Roy Bean (Walter Brennan). Harden saves himself from hanging by pretending that he's intimately acquainted with actress Lily Langtry, whom Bean worships from afar.
18 July 1902, Seagoville, Texas, USA
24 December 1896, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
1 January 1909, Covington County, Mississippi, USA
May 26, 1881 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
1 January 1917, Moline, Illinois, USA
19 November 1902, Nashville, Arkansas, USA
12 February 1919, Plainfield, Indiana, USA
22 December 1885, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
25 July 1894, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
15 October 1888, Traver, Tulare County, California, USA
16 August 1895, San Antonio, Texas, USA
7 December 1895, Portland, Oregon, USA
July 27, 2008
An offbeat melodramatic Western with added comedy that makes the villain a more arresting subject than the hero.
May 11, 2011
Gary Cooper gives a commanding performance in William Wyler's popular 1940 Western, which features Walter Brennan in an Oscar-winning turn
January 26, 2006
Toland's landscapes are superb.
