The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
"If this story ain't true... it shoulda been!"
ThumbScore
👍 76%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 80%
(RT: 80%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Victoria Principal as Maria Elena
Is The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean good?
Most people think so. 76% audience score, estimated from 187 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 80%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
