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.

Title: The Westerner
Imdb rate: 7.4
Imdb votes: 5,481
Year: 1940
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: United States
Director: William Wyler
Writers: Jo Swerling, Niven Busch, Stuart N. Lake
Actors:
Gary Cooper
Walter Brennan
Doris Davenport

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 2 nominations total