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title: 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Huston'
released: '1972-12-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Western'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-life-and-times-of-judge-roy-bean-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068853/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

1972 · 99 min · Comedy, Western, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a 1972 American Western comedy-drama film directed by John Huston from a screenplay by John Milius. It is loosely based on the life of Roy Bean, a saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas. It stars Paul Newman in the title role, along with Jacqueline Bisset, Tab Hunter, Stacy Keach, Roddy McDowall, Anthony Perkins, Ava Gardner, Anthony Zerbe, Victoria Principal and Huston himself.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- **Screenplay:** [John Milius](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-milius)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre)
- **Producer:** [John Foreman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-foreman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Richard Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-moore)
- **Editor:** [Hugh S. Fowler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-s-fowler)

## Cast

- [Anthony Perkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-perkins)
- [Roddy McDowall](https://cinepixo.com/people/roddy-mcdowall)
- [Bill McKinney](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-mckinney)
- [Roy Jenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-jenson)
- [Victoria Principal](https://cinepixo.com/people/victoria-principal)
- [Steve Kanaly](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-kanaly)
- [Anthony Zerbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-zerbe)
- [Stacy Keach](https://cinepixo.com/people/stacy-keach)
- [Paul Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-newman)
- [Jack Colvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-colvin)
- [Jacqueline Bisset](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-bisset)
- [Richard Farnsworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-farnsworth)
- [Tab Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/tab-hunter)
- [Matt Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-clark)
- [Michael Sarrazin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-sarrazin)

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