The Westerner
Academy Award × 1
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.
Genres
Drama, Western
Cast & Crew
DirectorWilliam Wyler
StarringGary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Fred Stone, Forrest Tucker
ComposerDimitri Tiomkin
The Westerner
Academy Award × 1
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.
Genres
Drama, Western
Cast & Crew
DirectorWilliam Wyler
StarringGary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Fred Stone, Forrest Tucker
ComposerDimitri Tiomkin