The Westerner (1940)

Directors

William Wyler

Cast

Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Fred Stone, Forrest Tucker, Paul Hurst, Chill Wills, Lilian Bond, Dana Andrews

The story

In 1882, the town of Vinegaroon, Texas, is run by Judge Roy Bean, who calls himself "the only law west of the Pecos." Conducting trials from his saloon, Bean makes a corrupt living meting out his own eccentric form of justice. Those who annoy him are usually hanged. That includes an unfortunate homesteader who put up barb-wire fencing, which causes a shootout with Bean's cattlemen cronies.

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