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The Kentuckian
The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian

1955 104 min ★ 5.8 Western

A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.

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Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Elias Wakefield

Dianne Foster

Dianne Foster

Hannah Bolen

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

Stan Bodine

Diana Lynn

Diana Lynn

Susie Spann

Donald MacDonald

Little Eli Wakefield

John McIntire

John McIntire

Zack Wakefield

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Sophie Wakefield

John Carradine

John Carradine

Ziby Fletcher

John Litel

John Litel

Pleasant Tuesday Babson

Rhys Williams

Rhys Williams

Constable

Details

Director

Burt Lancaster

Screenplay

A.B. Guthrie Jr.

Tagline

"Hunter...Frontiersman...Adventurer!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Hecht-Lancaster Productions

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

November 14, 2022

★ 6/10

Burt Lancaster starred in, and directed, this story of a well meaning traveller ("Big Eli") and his young son "Little Eli" (Donald MacDonald) heading to Texas hoping to make a decent living for him and his son. Along the way he encounters (and buys) an indentured slave "Susie" (Diana Lynn) who only complicates their already interesting journey as he fights his own demons with women, booze and a pa...

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