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The Westerner is a 1940 American Western film directed by William Wyler and starring Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan and Doris Davenport.Written by Niven Busch and Jo Swerling (from a story by Stuart N. Lake), the film concerns a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegaroon, Texas, who befriends a saddle tramp who opposes the judge's policy against homesteaders.
A Westerner is a person from the Western world. The Westerner may also refer to: In arts and entertainment: The Westerners (1919 film), a 1919 American film directed by Edward Sloman; The Westerner, a 1934 American western starring Tim McCoy; The Westerner, a 1940 American western starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan
mining Western Adventures of Red Ryder: William Witney: Don "Red" Barry, Noah Beery Sr. Red Ryder serial Western Arizona: Wesley Ruggles: Jean Arthur, William Holden: traditional Western Bad Man from Red Butte: Ray Taylor: Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight: B Western Beyond the Sacramento: Lambert Hillyer: Wild Bill Elliott, Evelyn ...
Northwest Passage (1940) – Western film telling a partly fictionalized version of the real-life St. Francis Raid by Rogers' Rangers, led by Robert Rogers [24] Parole Fixer (1940) – action drama crime film based on the 1938 book called Persons in Hiding, an exposé of corruption within the American parole system [25]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1940 films. It includes 1940 films that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for Western (genre) films released in the year 1940 .
In the 1940s several seminal Westerns were published, including The Ox-Bow Incident (1940) by Walter van Tilburg Clark, The Big Sky (1947) and The Way West (1949) by A.B. Guthrie Jr., and Shane (1949) by Jack Schaefer. Many other Western authors gained readership in the 1950s, such as Ray Hogan, Louis L'Amour, and Luke Short.
Along Came Jones is a 1945 American Western comedy film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, and Dan Duryea.The film was adapted by Nunnally Johnson from the 1944 novel Useless Cowboy by Alan Le May.
The Westerner is a 1934 American Western film directed by David Selman and starring Tim McCoy, Marion Shilling and Joe Sawyer.It was released by Columbia Pictures.. Michael R. Pitts generally praised the film, noting a "well staged" mock execution, while criticising its complex plot.