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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

Film · 1972 · 120 min · PG · Western · Comedy

If this story ain't true... it shoulda been!

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.

Directed by John Huston

Starring Paul Newman, Victoria Principal, Ned Beatty, Matt Clark, Roddy McDowall, Jacqueline Bisset, Bill McKinney, Anthony Perkins

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In cinemas18 December 1972
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First release anywhere1 December 1972

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