The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Director: John Huston Cast: Paul Newman
Paul Newman
, Roddy McDowall
Roddy McDowall
, Jacqueline Bisset
Jacqueline Bisset
, Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner
John Huston
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Director: John Huston Cast: Paul Newman
Paul Newman
, Roddy McDowall
Roddy McDowall
, Jacqueline Bisset
Jacqueline Bisset
, Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner
John Huston

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Overview

Paul Newman plays the title role in John Huston's surreal, revisionist western as the infamous Texas hanging judge. Upon arriving in the tiny West Texas town of Vinegaroon, Roy Bean draws a moustache on a wanted poster of himself, marches into a saloon, and declares his presence. He is immediately robbed, beaten within an inch of his life, tied to a horse and dragged out into the prairie, then left to die. Rescued by a young Mexican girl, Maria Elena (Victoria Principal), Roy Bean heads back into town and murders everyone in the local saloon, declaring that he'll kill anyone of the same sort who turns up. He also sets himself up as the sole arbiter of law and order and renames the town Langtry, in honor of the legendary actress Lily Langtry (Ava Gardner). The community prospers as Judge Bean dispenses his own brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by, robbing or killing anyone who tries to make their way through the town. But when Maria dies, Bean's old associates begin to turn on him, one at a time (in response to his constant harping on their wives, many of whom were former prostitutes) and Bean is forced to leave. Years later, Bean rides back into town, called back to the place to save his daughter from trouble - and finds that the community has been taken over by a shady character called Frank Gass (Roddy McDowall) - a circumstance that requires Bean to dispense his own unique brand of justice once again. Stacy Keach lends a neat comic turn to the film as Bad Bob, an albino gunslinger whose dining habits consist of chowing down on raw onion, drinking hot coffee from a pot, and demanding that an entire horse be cooked for his supper. John Milius (Red Dawn) scripted.

Product Details

Release Date: 08/07/2012
UPC: 0883316487846
Original Release: 1972
Rating: PG
Source: Warner Archives
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [monaural]
Language: English
Time: 2:03:00
Sales rank: 5,098

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Paul Newman Actor
Roddy McDowall Actor
Jacqueline Bisset Actor
Ava Gardner Actor
Tab Hunter Sam Dodd
John Huston Grizzly Adams
Stacy Keach Bad Bob
Anthony Perkins Rev. LaSalle
Victoria Principal Marie Elena
Ned Beatty Tector Crites
Anthony Zerbe Hustler
Jim Burk Bart Jackson
Matt Clark Nick the Grub,Mrs. Whorehouse Jim
Steve Kanaly Whorehouse Lucky Jim
Terry J. Leonard Outlaw
Bill McKinney Fermel Parlee
Francesca Jarvis Mrs. Jackson
Karen Carr Mrs. Grubb
Lee Meza Mrs. Parlee
Neil Summers Snake River Rufus Krile
Jack Colvin Pimp
Howard Morton Photographer
Billy Pearson Miner/Station Master
Stan Barrett Killer
Dean Casper Desk Clerk
Don Starr Opera House Manager
Alfred G. Bosnos Opera House Clerk
John Bear Hudkins Man at Stage Door
John Hudkins Man at Stage Door
David Sharpe Doctor
Barbara J. Longo Fat Lady
Michael Sarrazin Rose's Husband
Frank Soto Mexican Leader
Bruno Actor
Roy Jenson Outlaw
Gary Combs Outlaw
Fred Brookfield Outlaw
Bennie Dobbins Outlaw
Richard Farnsworth Outlaw
Leroy Johnson Outlaw
Fred Krone Outlaw
Terry Leonard Outlaw
Dean Smith Outlaw
Margo Epper Whore,Whore,Whore
Maurice Jarre Composer

Technical Credits
James Arnett Stunts
John Foreman Producer
John Huston Director
John Milius Screenwriter
Frank Caffey Producer
Larry Jost Sound Effects
Richard Portman Sound Effects
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