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The Westerner

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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Original title

The Westerner

Year

1940

Running time

100 min.

Country

United States

Director

William Wyler

Screenwriter

Jo Swerling, Niven Busch. Story: Stuart N. Lake

Cast

Music

Dimitri Tiomkin

Cinematography

Gregg Toland (B&W)

Producer

Samuel Goldwyn Company

Genre

Western

Synopsis

"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.

Rankings Position

#52 Best Westerns in the history of film

Awards: 1940: Oscar: Best Supporting Actor (Walter Brennan). 3 Nominations

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Critics' reviews

"A minor divertissement from Wyler (...) this works primarily as an affectionate reminiscence by the director of the dozens of B-Westerns he cut his teeth on in the 1920s"

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73 My Favorite Westerns (104)

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The Westerner

1940

William Wyler

7.4

(2,738)