The Westerner
by William Wyler
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Actor: Doris Davenport, Forrest Tucker, Fred Stone, Gary Cooper, Walter BrennanDirector: William Wyler
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM
Movie Reviews of The Westerner
Movie Review: Redemption of Judge Roy Bean
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best and most sensitive of the stories about Judge Roy Bean--The Law West of the Pecos. He was known as a hanging judge and, early in the film, he determines, in his court room-saloon to execute Cole [Gary Cooper] as a hose thief because he can't produce legal ownership papers.
Befoe the hanging, however, there is the mandatory round of drinks. Cole notices that the saloon is hanging with numerous pictures and mementos of the actress Lily Langtree. Over a final drink, he tells Bean that he has a hidden locket of Lily's hair. The execution is immediately postponed until the acquisitive bean can get the locket.
Both Cooper and Brennan are terrific as they develp a complex and dangerous "friendship." Cooper, who has no locket, gets one from a local girl. After much "horse-trading" Bean gets the locket and is transported with joy.
Langtree shows up El Paso or San Antonio and nothing will keep Bean from going. Resplendant in his old Confederate army uniform he goes to the music hall. Cole and Bean shoot it out and Bean is fatally hit. Before he dies, however, he gets to visit the angelic Langtree. The dangerous Roy Bean is redeemed by his love for Lily. We look through his eyes as the image of Lily fades out--forever. A truly great film.
Ron Braithwaite author of Mexican Conquest novels, "Skull Rack" and "Hummingbird God"
Summary of The Westerner
The story of the fascinating character Judge Roy Bean--a Texas tyrant who established himself as "the law west of the Pecos" and who had an admiration and love for stage star Lily Langtry--and his meeting with "The Westerner" a drifter who runs afoul of the law when he is falsely accused of stealing a horse.System Requirements:Running Time: 100 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/CLASSICS Rating: NR UPC: 883904107118 Manufacturer No: M110711Having created an instant classic the previous year with their superlative production of Wuthering Heights, producer Samuel Goldwyn, director William Wyler, and cinematographer Gregg Toland reunited for this classic Western from 1940, which earned Walter Brennan his record-setting third Academy Award. Gary Cooper reportedly hesitated to take his role, knowing that Brennan would likely steal the show with his splendid portrayal of "hanging" lawman Judge Roy Bean, but Wyler persisted and Cooper signed on as the drifter who faces Judge Bean under the false accusation of stealing a horse. Cooper smooth-talks his way out of his hanging by claiming to be a close friend of stage star Lily Langtry, with whom the judge is unabashedly smitten, but tensions rise when Cooper comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders that Brennan is trying to drive away. This leads, of course, to a classic showdown in true Western tradition, and under Wyler's able direction The Westerner takes its place among the finest examples of the genre. And while Brennan does indeed steal the show, Cooper needn't have worried--he's every bit the hero in a battle with one of the silver screen's most memorable villains. --Jeff Shannon
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