The Westerner
1940 · directed by William Wyler
- Rating
- 79/100
- Hit
- no
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.
The Westerner (1940), directed by William Wyler, rates 79/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Gary Cooper
- Walter Brennan
- Doris Davenport
- Fred Stone
- Forrest Tucker
- Paul Hurst
- Chill Wills
- Lilian Bond
- Dana Andrews
- Charles Halton
Crew
- Gregg Toland — Director of Photography
- Daniel Mandell — Editor
- Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer
- Dimitri Tiomkin — Original Music Composer
- Jo Swerling — Screenplay
- Niven Busch — Screenplay
More from William Wyler
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) — 98/100 · hit
- Ben-Hur (1959) — 95/100 · hit
- Wuthering Heights (1939) — 89/100 · hit
- The Heiress (1949) — 88/100 · hit
- How to Steal a Million (1966) — 85/100 · hit
- The Letter (1940) — 84/100 · hit
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