In 1882, the town of Vinegaroon, Texas is run by Judge Roy Bean, who calls himself "the only law west of the Pecos." Conducting trials from his saloon, Bean makes a corrupt living collecting fines and seizing pro… See more

• Gary Cooper as Cole Harden
• Walter Brennan as Judge Roy Bean
• Doris Davenport as Jane Ellen Mathews
• Fred Stone as Caliphet Mathews… See more

According to Niven Busch, Sam Goldwyn bought a ten-page treatment about Judge Roy Bean and hired Jo Swerling to turn it into a script. Busch says that Swerling struggled to plot the script and Busch had just been n… See more

The Westerner was nominated by the American Film Institute for inclusion in the Western category of its 2008 list AFI's 10 Top 10. Walter Brennan received his third Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (within the f… See more

• The Westerner at IMDb
• The Westerner at AllMovie
• The Westerner at the TCM Movie Database
• The Westerner at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films… See more