The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
If this story ain't true... it shoulda been!
A tall-tale Western comedy that celebrates an eccentric outlaw's rule through irreverent humor and frontier mythology, balancing whimsy with the rough edges of frontier life.
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.
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