Westerner

Pros: Walter Brennan, Gary Cooper, Direction, Gregg Toland Cinematography
Cons: Story a little weak

The Westerner (1940) “Don’t spill any of that liquor, son, it eats right into the bar.” One of the most colorful characters in the history of Texas is the self-styled “Law West of the Pecos” Judge Roy Bean. Director ...

Pros: Grand chemistry between two well-seasoned Pros...
Cons: Not nearly enough of this quality...

1940 - 100 minutes B&W Director: William Wyler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan (Third Oscar), Fred Stone, Doris Davenport, Forrest Tucker (Debut), Chill Wills (Voice of Francis the Talking Mule), Dana Andrews, Tom Tyler, Lillian Bond
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Pros: An interesting film on many levels.
Cons: Don't try to make historical sense of it.

The Westerner, starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan, is an interesting film on many levels. Set in Texas, Brennan plays Judge Roy Bean, a legendary figure who, according to this movie, doled out arbitrary justice based on his own ideas of crime and...