Drifter 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.

Gary Cooper
Cole Harden

Walter Brennan
Judge Roy Bean

Doris Davenport
Jane Ellen Mathews

Fred Stone
Caliphet Mathews

Forrest Tucker
Wade Harper

Paul Hurst
Chickenfoot

Chill Wills
Southeast

Lilian Bond
Lily Langtry
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Release Date
September 18, 1940
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
NR
Genres
Western
Director