The Westerner.

Cole Harden (Gary Cooper) is a drifter brought in on a charge of stealing a horse belonging to Judge Roy Bean's main sidekick, Chickenfoot. Harden claims to have met the English actress Lily Langtry, and to have known her intimately. Despite his warped sense of justice and corrupt nature, Bean genuinely likes Harden, considering him something of a kindred spirit. Harden saves Bean from an attempted lynching, but this "friendship" does not stop Bean from trying to shoot Harden when the drifter lends his support to the homesteaders.