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The Kentuckian
5.7
Released July 22, 1955
Runtime 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
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Cast
Burt Lancaster
Elias Wakefield
Dianne Foster
Hannah Bolen
Walter Matthau
Stan Bodine
Diana Lynn
Susie Spann
Donald MacDonald
Little Eli Wakefield
John McIntire
Zack Wakefield
Una Merkel
Sophie Wakefield
John Carradine
Ziby Fletcher
John Litel
Pleasant Tuesday Babson
Rhys Williams
Constable
Edward Norris
Roulette Dealer
Will Wright
John Decker (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
Frome Brother (uncredited)
Paul Wexler
Frome Brother (uncredited)
Clem Bevans
Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Frontiersman (uncredited)
Crew
Burt Lancaster
Director
Richard Maybery
Assistant Director
Felix Holt
Novel
A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Screenplay
Harold Hecht
Producer
James T. Vaughn
Production Manager
Wayne Fury
Sound Effects Editor
Russell Shearman
Special Effects
John K. Kean
Sound Recordist
Paul Schmutz
Sound Recordist
Robert G. Carlisle
Music Editor
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
Norma Koch
Costume Design
George E. Luckenbacher
Editor
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Ted Haworth
Production Design
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
John Orlando
Props
LaVaughn Speer
Hairstylist
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
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Reviews
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CinemaSerf
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...