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The Westerner

1940 · 100 min

A character-driven Western that balances folksy charm with a somber, inevitable showdown, anchored by a magnetic central performance.

Tagline
THE RAW UNTAMED ADVENTUROUS WEST...LIVES AGAIN!
Overview
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.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • obsession
  • friendship
  • power
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour4
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
western
Directed by
William Wyler
Written by
Niven Busch, Jo Swerling
Starring
Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Fred Stone, Forrest Tucker, Paul Hurst, Chill Wills, Lilian Bond
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin, Alfred Newman
Cinematography
Gregg Toland
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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