The Westerner

7.0
  • Genre: Western
  • Run time: 100 min
  • Premiere: 1940. September 18.

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.

Discover

Gary Cooper

Cole Harden

Walter Brennan

Judge Roy Bean

Doris Davenport

Jane Ellen Mathews

Fred Stone

Caliphet Mathews

Forrest Tucker

Wade Harper

Paul Hurst

Chickenfoot

Chill Wills

Southeast

Lilian Bond

Lily Langtry

Dana Andrews

Hod Johnson

Charles Halton

Mort Borrow

Trevor Bardette

Shad Wilkins

Tom Tyler

King Evans

Lucien Littlefield

The Stranger

C.E. Anderson

Hezekiah Willever (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

Sheriff (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth

Mr. Dixon - Homesteader (uncredited)

Bill Beauman

Man Getting Haircut (uncredited)

Hank Bell

Deputy (uncredited)

Gertrude Bennett

Abigail (uncredited)

Danny Borzage

Joe Yates (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Lily Langtry's Manager (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Man at Ticket Window (uncredited)

Philip Connor

John Yancy (uncredited)

Buck Connors

Abraham Wilson (uncredited)

Frank Cordell

Man (uncredited)

Jim Corey

Lee Webb (uncredited)

Joe De La Cruz

Mex (uncredited)

Helen Foster

Janice (uncredited)

William Gillis

Leon Beauregard (uncredited)

Roger Gray

Eph Stringer - Homesteader (uncredited)

Aleth Hansen

Walt McGary (uncredited)

Lew Kelly

Ticket Man (uncredited)

Connie Leon

Lily Langtry's Maid (uncredited)

Art Mix

Seth Tucker (uncredited)

Corbet Morris

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Buck Moulton

Charles Evans (uncredited)

Jack Pennick

Henry Williams (uncredited)

Julian Rivero

Juan Gomez (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Stage Manager (uncredited)

Annabelle Rousseau

Elizabeth (uncredited)

Miriam Sherwin

Martha (uncredited)

William Steele

Tex Cole (uncredited)

Phil Tead

Prisoner (uncredited)

Lupita Tovar

Teresita (uncredited)

Blackjack Ward

Buck Harrigan (uncredited)

Ted Wells

Joe Lawrence (uncredited)

Art

Julia Heron

Set Decoration

James Basevi

Art Direction

Camera

Gregg Toland

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Robert Stephanoff

Makeup Artist

Irene Saltern

Costume Design

Crew

Samuel Goldwyn

Presenter

Paul Eagler

Special Effects

Archie Stout

Special Effects

Directing

William Wyler

Director

Walter Mayo

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Samuel Goldwyn

Producer

Sound

Fred Lau

Sound Engineer

Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer

Writing

Niven Busch

Screenplay

Jo Swerling

Screenplay

Art

Julia Heron

Set Decoration

James Basevi

Art Direction

Camera

Gregg Toland

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Robert Stephanoff

Makeup Artist

Irene Saltern

Costume Design

Crew

Samuel Goldwyn

Presenter

Paul Eagler

Special Effects

Archie Stout

Special Effects

Directing

William Wyler

Director

Walter Mayo

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Samuel Goldwyn

Producer

Sound

Fred Lau

Sound Engineer

Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer

Writing

Niven Busch

Screenplay

Jo Swerling

Screenplay