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.
Acting
Newman at his most unhinged and pathetic
Direction
Huston's cynical eye eats the myth whole
Cinematography
Wide Texas emptiness that mocks human ambition
Director
John Huston
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
Ava Gardner
Lily Langtry
Roy Jenson
Outlaw
Gary Combs
Outlaw
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Newman and Huston fought constantly; Newman resented Huston's drinking and Huston thought Newman was too controlling. The mutual contempt somehow perfects the film's bitter tone.
Released during Watergate, Bean's self-serving corruption of justice played as accidental political commentary. The real Bean was likely less theatrical and more purely murderous.
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