The Westerner (1940)
Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.
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Cole Harden -
Judge Roy Bean -
Jane Ellen Mathews -
Caliphet Mathews -
Wade Harper -
Chickenfoot -
Southeast -
Lily Langtry -
Hod Johnson -
Mort Borrow -
Shad Wilkins -
King Evans -
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Director:
William WylerWriters:
Jo Swerling (screenplay), Niven Busch (screenplay), Stuart N. Lake (from the story by)All Cast & Crew
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Gary Cooper never liked the film and said "You can't make a western without a gunfight" He walked off the film and refused to start work on it. It was only after long battles with Goldwyn that he started work on it but always said that he wished he'd never made it.
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The Stranger:
Have you met Miss Langtry?
Judge Roy W. Bean:
No, I never met her. I never met the sun, I never shook hands with the moon, and I've never been introduced to no clouds.
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The town was named for George Langtry, an engineer and foreman who had supervised a Chinese work crew building the railroad, and not for the actress Lillie Langtry.
Crazy Credits
Opening credits: "After the Civil War, America, in the throes of rebirth, set its face West where the land was free. First came the cattlemen and with them "Judge" Roy Bean, who took the law into his own hands, administering justice according to his lights. That he left his impress on the history of Texas is tribute to his greatness. Then into his stronghold moved another army, the homesteaders, who ploughed the soil, fenced in fields, to bring security to their wives and children. War was inevitable, a war out of which grew the Texas of today."
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Genres
Drama | Romance | WesternDetails
Release Date:
20 September 1940Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Green Valley, Arizona, USABox Office
Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)
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