Movie

The Westerner

Released: September 18, 1940 (1940)

Runtime: 100 minutes

Genres: Western

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Fred Stone as Caliphet Mathews
Age at release: 67
Charles Halton as Mort Borrow
Age at release: 64
Paul Hurst as Chickenfoot
Age at release: 51
Walter Brennan as Judge Roy Bean
Age at release: 46
Gary Cooper as Cole Harden
Age at release: 39
Chill Wills as Southeast
Age at release: 38
Lilian Bond as Lily Langtry
Age at release: 32
Dana Andrews as Hod Johnson
Age at release: 31
Doris Davenport as Jane Ellen Mathews
Age at release: 23
Forrest Tucker as Wade Harper
Age at release: 21

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William Gillis as Leon Beauregard (uncredited)
Age at release: 72
Heinie Conklin as Man at Ticket Window (uncredited)
Age at release: 60
Arthur Aylesworth as Mr. Dixon - Homesteader (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
Buck Connors as Abraham Wilson (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
Roger Gray as Eph Stringer - Homesteader (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
C.E. Anderson as Hezekiah Willever (uncredited)
Age at release: 57
Charles Coleman as Lily Langtry's Manager (uncredited)
Age at release: 54
Jim Corey as Lee Webb (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
Stanley Andrews as Sheriff (uncredited)
Age at release: 49
Hank Bell as Deputy (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
Joe De La Cruz as Mex (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
Lucien Littlefield as The Stranger
Age at release: 45
Danny Borzage as Joe Yates (uncredited)
Age at release: 43
Frank Cordell as Man (uncredited)
Age at release: 42
Trevor Bardette as Shad Wilkins
Age at release: 37
Tom Tyler as King Evans
Age at release: 37
Helen Foster as Janice (uncredited)
Age at release: 34
Bill Beauman as Man Getting Haircut (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Gertrude Bennett as Abigail (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Philip Connor as John Yancy (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown