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The Kentuckian

5.7

Released July 22, 1955Runtime 1h 44min

Hunter...Frontiersman...Adventurer!

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

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Hecht-Lancaster Productions

United Artists

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Rent

Buy

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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)

Crew

Burt LancasterDirector

Richard MayberyAssistant Director

Felix HoltNovel

A.B. Guthrie Jr.Screenplay

Harold HechtProducer

James T. VaughnProduction Manager

Wayne FurySound Effects Editor

Russell ShearmanSpecial Effects

John K. KeanSound Recordist

Paul SchmutzSound Recordist

Robert G. CarlisleMusic Editor

Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer

Norma KochCostume Design

George E. LuckenbacherEditor

Robert PriestleySet Decoration

Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer

Ted HaworthProduction Design

Ernest LaszloDirector of Photography

John OrlandoProps

LaVaughn SpeerHairstylist

Robert J. SchifferMakeup Artist

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Reviews

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...