Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
This is a great entertaining western about one of the US first corrupt judges. Gary Cooper plays the Westerner who falls into the corrupt clutches of Judge Roy Bean and escapes hanging by inventing a relationship with music hall star Lily Langtry.
Cooper is the nominal star but the film belongs to Walter Brennan as Bean. Bean is a tool of the cattlemen and runs his court on that principle. Its great fun.
I looked it up and Bean was an actual judge in the old west.
I guess he is part of the reason that the US has such a low opinion of the judiciary.
I do wonder what he would have made of modern corrupt judges like Clarence Thomas ? Im sure he would have chuckled at his antics.
Its a good film and well worth a watch.
Cooper is the nominal star but the film belongs to Walter Brennan as Bean. Bean is a tool of the cattlemen and runs his court on that principle. Its great fun.
I looked it up and Bean was an actual judge in the old west.
I guess he is part of the reason that the US has such a low opinion of the judiciary.
I do wonder what he would have made of modern corrupt judges like Clarence Thomas ? Im sure he would have chuckled at his antics.
Its a good film and well worth a watch.
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