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.
Media
The Westerner (1940) trailer
Cast
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)
