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.
Gary Cooper
as Cole Harden
Walter Brennan
as Judge Roy Bean
Doris Davenport
as Jane Ellen Mathews
Fred Stone
as Caliphet Mathews
Forrest Tucker
as Wade Harper
Paul Hurst
as Chickenfoot
Chill Wills
as Southeast
Lilian Bond
as Lily Langtry
Dana Andrews
as Hod Johnson
Charles Halton
as Mort Borrow
Trevor Bardette
as Shad Wilkins
Tom Tyler
as King Evans
