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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1955-07-22
Languageen
Runtime1h 44m
Production

Hecht-Lancaster Productions

5.8(60)
•1955•1h 44m

The Kentuckian

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

Western

Overview

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

Writing & Screenplay
A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Cinematography
Ernest Laszlo

Principal Cast

17 credited
Burt Lancaster
Burt LancasterElias Wakefield
Dianne Foster
Dianne FosterHannah Bolen
Walter Matthau
Walter MatthauStan Bodine
Diana Lynn
Diana LynnSusie Spann
DM
Donald MacDonaldLittle Eli Wakefield
John McIntire
John McIntireZack Wakefield
Una Merkel
Una MerkelSophie Wakefield
John Carradine
John CarradineZiby Fletcher
John Litel
John LitelPleasant Tuesday Babson
Rhys Williams
Rhys WilliamsConstable

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