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Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.
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Cast
Paul Newman
Judge Roy Bean
Victoria Principal
Maria Elena
Ned Beatty
Tector Crites
Matt Clark
Nick the Grub
Roddy McDowall
Frank Gass
Jacqueline Bisset
Rose Bean
Bill McKinney
Fermel Parlee
Anthony Perkins
Reverend LaSalle
Tab Hunter
Sam Dodd
Stacy Keach
Bad Bob
Steve Kanaly
Whorehouse Lucky Jim
John Huston
Grizzly Adams
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John Chard
Beanisms! The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is directed by John Huston and written by John Milius. It stars Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Perkins, Ned Beatty, Roddy McDowall, Tab Hunter, Victoria Principal and Ava Gardner. Music is by Maurice Jarre and cinematography by Richard Moore. In Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean becomes the self appointed judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit. There were a handful of Quirky Revisionist Weste...
Aug 30, 2019CinemaSerf
It was always going to be difficult for anyone to beat Walter Brennan’s feisty effort as this character from 1940, but Paul Newman and John Huston come close with this slightly contradictory portrayal of the 19th lawman. We start as he, himself, only narrowly escapes a vigilante squad who didn’t much like the cut of his gib and then returns to exact his own vengeance. A chance encounter with “LaSalle” (a barely recognisable Anthony Perkins) sets in train his ruthless reign over a territo...
Jun 27, 2025
