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The Westerner ()

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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
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Judge Roy Bean
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Jane Ellen Mathews
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Caliphet Mathews
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Wade Harper
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Chickenfoot
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Southeast
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Lily Langtry
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Hod Johnson
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Mort Borrow
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Shad Wilkins
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King Evans
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The Stranger
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Hezekiah Willever (uncredited)
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Sheriff (uncredited)
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Mr. Dixon (uncredited)
Bill Beauman ...
Man Getting Haircut (uncredited)
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Deputy (uncredited)
Gertrude Bennett ...
Abigail (uncredited)
Danny Borzage ...
Joe Yates (uncredited)
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Lily Langtry's Manager (uncredited)
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Man at Ticket Window (uncredited)
Philip Connor ...
John Yancy (uncredited)
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Abraham Wilson (uncredited)
Frank Cordell ...
Man (uncredited)
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Lee Webb (uncredited)
Joe De La Cruz ...
Mex (uncredited)
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Janice (uncredited)
William Gillis ...
Leon Beauregard (uncredited)
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Eph Stringer (uncredited)
Aleth Hansen ...
Walt McGary (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Ticket Man (uncredited)
Connie Leon ...
Lily Langtry's Maid (uncredited)
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Seth Tucker (uncredited)
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Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Buck Moulton ...
Charles Evans (uncredited)
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Henry Williams (uncredited)
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Juan Gomez (uncredited)
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Stage Manager (uncredited)
Annabelle Rousseau ...
Elizabeth (uncredited)
Miriam Sherwin ...
Martha (uncredited)
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Tex Cole (uncredited)
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Prisoner (uncredited)
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Teresita (uncredited)
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Buck Harrigan (uncredited)
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Joe Lawrence (uncredited)

Directed by

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William Wyler

Written by

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Jo Swerling ... (screenplay) and
Niven Busch ... (screenplay)
 
Stuart N. Lake ... (from the story by)
 
W.R. Burnett ... () (uncredited)
 
Lillian Hellman ... () (uncredited)
 
Oliver La Farge ... () (uncredited)
 
Dudley Nichols ... () (uncredited)

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Samuel Goldwyn ... producer

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Dimitri Tiomkin
Alfred Newman ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Gregg Toland

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Daniel Mandell

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Robert McIntyre ... (uncredited)

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James Basevi

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Julia Heron ... (as Julie Heron)

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Irene Saltern

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Robert Stephanoff ... makeup artist (as Blagoe Stephanoff)

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Walter Mayo ... assistant director
Lewis Milestone ... director: additional scenes (uncredited)

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Irving W. Sindler ... props (uncredited)

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Fred Lau ... sound technician

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Paul Eagler ... special effects cinematography
Archie Stout ... special effects cinematography

Stunts

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William Alley ... stunt double: Gary Cooper (uncredited)
Frank Cordell ... stunts (uncredited)
John Epper ... stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Vic Jones ... gaffer (uncredited)
Rudolph Maté ... cinematographer: additional scenes (uncredited)
Ned Scott ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Dimitri Tiomkin ... conductor
Hugo Friedhofer ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Alfred Newman ... conductor (uncredited)
George Parrish ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Edward B. Powell ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Conrad Salinger ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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Samuel Goldwyn ... presenter
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Plot Summary

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. Written by Dale O'Connor

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Taglines THE RAW UNTAMED ADVENTUROUS WEST...LIVES AGAIN! (original print media ad - all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le cavalier du désert (France)
  • El forastero (Spain)
  • El foraster (Spain, Catalan title)
  • A Última Fronteira (Portugal)
  • Zakon divljeg zapada (Yugoslavia, Serbian title)
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  • 100 min
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Budget $2,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia 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 Samuel Goldwyn that he started work on it but always said that he wished he'd never made it. See more »
Goofs 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. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963). See more »
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." See more »
Quotes Cole Harden: [to Bean] When I was a kid, I had a pet rattlesnake. I was fond of it, but I wouldn't turn my back on it.
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