{"id":72,"date":"2006-03-10T19:58:33","date_gmt":"2006-03-11T02:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72"},"modified":"2021-01-28T19:12:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T02:12:12","slug":"westerner-the-1940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72","title":{"rendered":"Westerner, The (1940)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t spill none of that liquor, son; it eats right into the bar.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Westerner-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Westerner-Poster-199x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-66588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Westerner-Poster-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Westerner-Poster-679x1024.png 679w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Westerner-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Westerner-Poster-179x270.png 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Westerner-Poster.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen Cole Hardin (Gary Cooper) is falsely accused of stealing a horse, he stands before the bench of the infamous Judge Roy Bean (Walter Brennan).  By convincing Bean that he knows Lily Langtry (Lillian Bond), a singer who Bean has an obsessive crush on, Cole manages to save his life, only to get embroiled in the middle of a nasty feud between the local cattlemen and a group of homesteaders.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dana Andrews Films<\/li>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>Gary Cooper Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Settlers<\/li>\n<li>Walter Brennan Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<li>William Wyler Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nResponse to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nWilliam Wyler&#8217;s historically inaccurate yet &#8220;agreeable &#8216;A&#8217;-budget western&#8221; successfully joins &#8220;standard western themes and confrontations with light comedy.&#8221; Gary Cooper &#8212; who, as Peary notes, has &#8220;remarkable presence as a slow-talking, quick-thinking cowpoke&#8221; &#8212; is at his laconic best, portraying a man whose very life hinges on speaking just the right combination of words, yet who never loses his cool. Brennan (brilliant and scene-stealing as always) plays the infamous Bean &#8220;as someone who is part dictator and part spoiled child&#8211; [and] who doesn&#8217;t see anything wrong with his murderous forays&#8221;. It&#8217;s disturbingly easy to laugh at Judge Bean, a real-life sociopath whose kangaroo courts caused the deaths of so many innocent men and women. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Walter Brennan, who definitely &#8220;steals the show&#8221; as Judge Bean (and deserved his Oscar)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/westerner-brennan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/westerner-brennan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12489\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gary Cooper as Cole Hardin<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/westerner-cooper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/westerner-cooper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12490\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hilarious rapport between Brennan and Cooper<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/westerner-brennan-cooper-rapport.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/westerner-brennan-cooper-rapport.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12494\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes.  All film fanatics should see this humorous, well-written western.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance(s)<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0033253\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.tvguide.com\/movies\/database\/ShowMovie.asp?MI=26242\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/filmsgraded\/reviews\/2006\/07\/wester.htm\">Films Graded Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t spill none of that liquor, son; it eats right into the bar.&#8221; Synopsis: When Cole Hardin (Gary Cooper) is falsely accused of stealing a horse, he stands before the bench of the infamous Judge Roy Bean (Walter Brennan). By convincing Bean that he knows Lily Langtry (Lillian Bond), a singer who Bean has an obsessive crush on, Cole manages to save his life, only to get embroiled in the middle of a nasty feud between the local cattlemen and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66589,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/66589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}