The Westerner

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1940-09-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (3376 Reviews)

Director:

William Wyler

Genres:

Drama Romance Western

Cast:

Gary Cooper Walter Brennan Doris Davenport Fred Stone

Writer:

Jo Swerling (screenplay)

Niven Busch (screenplay)

Stuart N. Lake (from the story by)

Fullplot:

Cole Harden just doesn't look like a horse thief, Jane-Ellen Matthews tells Judge Roy Bean as she steps up to the bar. Cole says he can't take it with him as he empties all of his coins on the bar to buy drinks for the jury. He notices two big pictures of Lily Langtry behind the bar. Sure, Cole has met the Jersey Lily, whom the hanging judge adores, even has a lock of her hair. Hanging is delayed for two weeks, giving Cole time to get in the middle of a range war between cattlemen and homesteaders and to still be around when Lily Langtry, former mistress of Edward VII who became an international actress, arrives in Texas.

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