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horse thief
The Westerner
Release Date: September 18, 1940
Year | : | 1940 |
Slogan | : | «THE RAW UNTAMED ADVENTUROUS WEST...LIVES AGAIN!» |
Genres | : | Action, Western, Romance |
Production Companies | : | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
Director | : | William Wyler |
Producers | : | Samuel Goldwyn, Robert McIntyre |
Writers | : | Stuart N. Lake, Jo Swerling, Niven Busch |
RunTime | : | 100 mins. |
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.
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