The Westerner (1940)

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.

Released Sept. 18, 1940 100 min 7+

Genres: Drama, Western

Keywords: tmdb.horse-thief, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.rope, imdb.lock-of-hair, imdb.cornfield, mdblist.fresh, imdb.judge-roy-bean-character + 5 more, imdb.classical-western, awards.oscar-winner, awards.oscar-nominated, imdb.wyler-and-cooper, aspectratio.1-37-1