The Westerner

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Gary Cooper Cole Harden

Walter Brennan Judge Roy Bean

Doris Davenport Jane Ellen Mathews

Fred Stone Caliphet Mathews

Forrest Tucker Wade Harper