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The Westerner is a 1940 American black-and-white Western drama film directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions. The screenplay was written by Jo Swerling, Niven Busch, W. R. Burnett, and Lillian Hellman, with music composed by Alfred Newman. The film stars Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Fred Stone, and Doris Davenport. It was distributed by United Artists and Netflix, and is available on Amazon Prime Video.
The narrative is set in Texas and focuses on the subject of capital punishment. Key plot elements include a horse thief. The film has a runtime of 100 minutes and was released in September 1940. It received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Story. The production team included director of photography Gregg Toland, film editor Daniel Mandell, and production designer James Basevi.
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7.1Drifter 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.
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
- Paul Hurst as Chickenfoot
Themes
- horse thief
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
7,026 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
78/100
- Year
- 1940
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- capital punishment
- Director
- William Wyler
- Screenwriter
- Oliver La Farge
- Cast member
- Charles Halton
- Composer
- Alfred Newman
- Producer
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Production company
- Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Cinematographer
- Gregg Toland
- Narrative location
- Texas
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 220318
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Eiganotomo-2-1951-page1.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Westerner (film)
- publication date
- 1940-09-20
- film editor
- Daniel Mandell
- title
- The Westerner
- production designer
- James Basevi
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- Man of the West
- review score
- 100%
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