The Kentuckian
Hunter...Frontiersman...Adventurer!
- 1955
- Rated NR
- 1h 44m
- Western
Rating: 5.8 out of 10TMDB(61 votes)
Overview
A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on Kentucky Colonel
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Filming locations
Filmed in Kentucky
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Setting
Set in Texas and Kentucky
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Music
Music by Bernard Herrmann
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Ernest Laszlo
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Felix HoltNovel
- A.B. Guthrie Jr.Screenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 22, 1955
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Burt LancasterElias Wakefield
Dianne FosterHannah Bolen
Walter MatthauStan Bodine
Diana LynnSusie Spann- Donald MacDonaldLittle Eli Wakefield
John McIntireZack Wakefield
Una MerkelSophie Wakefield
John CarradineZiby Fletcher
John LitelPleasant Tuesday Babson
Rhys WilliamsConstable
Edward NorrisRoulette Dealer
Will WrightJohn Decker (uncredited)
Douglas SpencerFrome Brother (uncredited)
Paul WexlerFrome Brother (uncredited)
Clem BevansRiverboat Captain (uncredited)
Norman LeavittFrontiersman (uncredited)
Whip WilsonFrontiersman (uncredited)
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