What was the name of the nineteenth century American saloon keeper and judge who called himself 'The Law West Of The Pecos'?
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean who did him wrong. With no law and order, he appoints himself judge and "the law west of the Pecos" and becomes the townspeople's "patrone." A traveling preacher, LaSalle, buries the dead. Bean renames the saloon The Jersey Lilly and hangs a portrait of a woman he worships but has never met, Lillie Langtry, a noted actress and singer of the 1890s. When a band of thieves comes to town (Big Bart Jackson and gang members Nick the Grub, Fermel Parlee, Tector Crites and Whorehouse Lucky Jim), rather than oppose them, Bean swears them in as lawmen. The new marshals
West of the Pecos (1945 film) each other better. The film was popular and earned $151,000 in profits. It was Mitchum's final job before his service in the army. West of the Pecos (1945 film) West of the Pecos is a 1945 American Western film directed by Edward Killy and starring Robert Mitchum and Barbara Hale. The movie is the second film version of Zane Grey's novel, previously made in 1934 and also titled "West of the Pecos" starring Richard Dix. It is no relation to the 1922 silent film of the same name. Colonel Lambreth's health is poor, so daughter Rill persuades him to leave