The Westerner Page #2

Synopsis: Cole Harden just doesn't look like a horse thief, Jane-Ellen Matthews tells Judge Roy Bean as she steps up to the bar. Cole says he can't take it with him as he empties all of his coins on the bar to buy drinks for the jury. He notices two big pictures of Lily Langtry behind the bar. Sure, Cole has met the Jersey Lily, whom the hanging judge adores, even has a lock of her hair. Hanging is delayed for two weeks, giving Cole time to get in the middle of a range war between cattlemen and homesteaders and to still be around when Lily Langtry, former mistress of Edward VII who became an international actress, arrives in Texas.
Director(s): William Wyler
Production: MGM
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
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Year:
1940
100 min
210 Views


You an attorney, Miss?

I'm as much an attorney as you are a judge.

- You know this man?

- No, I don't.

- You ever see him before?

- No, but...

- Can you prove he didn't steal the horse?

- No.

Then he don't need no lawyer then.

This man was caught on a stolen horse,

and in this jurisdiction,

that's prima facie evidence.

- The case is closed and that's my ruling.

- Yes, and it's just like all your rulings!

The courtroom will now

be cleared of everybody,

excepting the judge, the jury,

the prisoner, the witnesses and...

I guess that means you.

All right, I'll go. I

don't want to see anymore.

It's murder, that's what it is. Murder.

This man hasn't got a

chance, and you know it,

but you never give anybody a chance.

You didn't give us one when you

stampeded the cattle over our crops.

You thought you'd starve the

homesteaders out, but you didn't.

You can pester us and rob us and

kill us, but you can't stop us.

'Cause there'll always be

more coming. More and more.

And we'll stay on our farms in spite of

you, and your courtroom and your killers!

By gobs, she's all right.

She'd make a good cattleman.

If it wasn't for Lily, I'd marry her.

Giddap.

You heard the case against

the accused, pro and con.

Now I guess maybe you'd better

retire to consider a verdict.

Chickenfoot, you'd better take

Pete out for a little fresh air.

Take him out, Bart. I got work to do.

And while you retire, there'll be

a recess for them that's thirsty.

Well, I guess you can't take it with you.

It's got to be strictly understood

you ain't making no effort to influence

the sober judgment of the jury.

- Certainly not.

- There you are.

- Compliments of the prisoner.

- Jury to the rear!

Bull's-eye.

- Join me, Your Honor?

- Don't mind if I do.

Don't spill none of that liquor,

son. It eats right into the bar.

To the unfortunate lady

with the bullet in her face.

The man that fired that bullet

was hauled out of here feet first.

And he ought to be.

Any man that'd shoot at a picture

of Lily Langtry ought to be killed.

It's just retribution.

It's justifiable homicide,

that was my ruling.

Right.

You an admirer of Miss Lily's, too?

Well, that's putting it mildly.

She's the most beautiful woman I ever met.

Met?

You mean to tell me you met Lily

Langtry, the real her, in the flesh?

Oh, many times.

What an actress.

How'd you get to know her?

Well, that's a long story, Judge.

Bart, you and Blackjack

get yourself a drink, huh?

Mighty fine liquor. What do you call it?

- Rub of the brush. Go on.

- Rub of the brush?

- Did you get to know her real well?

- It's got character.

I said, did you get to know her real well?

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Jo Swerling

Jo Swerling (April 8, 1897 – October 23, 1964) was an American theatre writer, lyricist and screenwriter. more…

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