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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
UNITED STATES · 1972

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

John Huston
frontier justice self-made authority western expansion outlaw redemption eccentric leadership
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Synopsis

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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