The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Outlaw Roy Bean rides into the West Texas border town of Vinegaroon by himself. The customers in the saloon beat him, rob him, toss a noose around him, and let his horse drag him off, though he manages to survive. A young woman from a local Mexican village, Maria Elena, finds and helps him. Bean promptly returns to town and shoots all those who wronged him. With no law and order, he appoints himself judge and "the law west of the Pecos", becoming the townspeople's patron. Paul Newman plays Judge Roy Bean, Victoria Principal as Maria Elena, and Roddy McDowall as Frank Gass is among other cast members.