The Westerner (1940)
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.
- Release Date: 1940-09-18
- Runtime: 1h 40min
- Production Company: Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Production Country: United States of America
- Director: William Wyler
- Writers: Niven Busch, Jo Swerling.
