The Westerner starred which actor who won three Academy Awards?
The Westerner (film) The Westerner is a 1940 American film directed by William Wyler and starring Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, and Doris Davenport. Written by Niven Busch, Stuart N. Lake, and Jo Swerling, the film is about a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegaroon, Texas who befriends a saddle tramp who opposes the judge's policy against homesteaders. The film is often remembered for one of Walter Brennan's best performances, as Judge Roy Bean, which led to his winning his record-setting third Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. James Basevi and Stuart N. Lake also received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Black and White and Best Story respectively.
Tumbleweed (1953 film) Tumbleweed is a 1953 Technicolor Western film directed by Nathan Juran starring Audie Murphy, Lori Nelson and Chill Wills. It was also known by the alternative title of Three Were Renegades; the title of the 1937 novel "Three Were Thoroughbreds" by Kenneth Taylor Perkins the film was based on which had been previously filmed as the 1948 film "Relentless".