The Westerner (1940)

Film details

Featuring

Gary Cooper Walter Brennan Doris Davenport
Director

William Wyler
Country

USA
Year

1940
Genre

Western
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

A leader of Texas cattlemen is falsely accused of horse-stealing but softens the judge who has a weakness for Lily Langtry. Trouble breaks out with the homesteaders but the cattleman gets his vengeance.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Cole Harden
    
    Gary Cooper
  - Judge Roy Bean
    
    Walter Brennan
  - Jane Ellen Mathews
    
    Doris Davenport
  - Caliphet Mathews
    
    Fred Stone
  - Wade Harper
    
    Forrest Tucker
  - Chickenfoot
    
    Paul Hurst
  - Southeast
    
    Chill Wills
  - Lily Langtry
    
    Lillian Bond
  - Bart Cobble
    
    Dana Andrews
  - Mort Borrow
    
    Charles Halton
  - Shad Wilkins
    
    Trevor Bardette
  - King Evans
    
    Tom Tyler
  - a stranger
    
    Lucien Littlefield
  - Dixon
    
    Arthur Aylesworth
  - Bantry
    
    Jack Pennick
  - Langtry manager
    
    Charles Coleman
  - sheriff T. Davis
    
    Stanley Andrews
  - stage manager
    
    Henry Roquemore
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    William Wyler
  - Assistant Director
    
    Walter Mayo
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Inc. Samuel Goldwyn
  - Producer
    
    Samuel Goldwyn
  Writing:
  - Script
    
    Jo Swerling
  - Script
    
    Niven Busch
  - Original story
    
    Stuart N. Lake
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Gregg Toland
  - Special effects photography
    
    Archie J. Stout
  - Special effects photography
    
    Paul Eagler
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Daniel Mandell
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    James Basevi
  - Set Decorator
    
    Julia Heron
  Costumes:
  - Costumes
    
    Irene Saltern
  Make-up:
  - Make-up
    
    Blagoe Stephanoff
  Music:
  - Music composed and conducted
    
    Dimitri Tiomkin
  - Music (uncredited)
    
    Alfred Newman
  Sound:
  - Sound technician
    
    Fred Lau