Released:
1940-09-18

Overview:
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.

Director:
William Wyler

Runtime:
1h 40min

Genre:
Western

• Cast:
• 
  Gary Cooper
  as
  Cole Harden
• 
  Walter Brennan
  as
  Judge Roy Bean
• 
  Doris Davenport
  as
  Jane Ellen Mathews
• 
  Fred Stone
  as
  Caliphet Mathews
• 
  Forrest Tucker
  as
  Wade Harper