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The Kentuckian (1955)

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Release Date: Aug 1, 1955 Wide

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Produced and directed by star Burt Lancaster, The Kentuckian is a leisurely western occasionally punctuated by spurts of startling brutality. The recently widowed Lancaster heads towards Texas with his son Donald McDonald. Most of the folks he meets, notably winsome schoolmarm Diana Lynn, bondslave Dianne Foster, and Lancaster's down-to-earth brother John McIntyre and sister-in-law Una Merkel, are pretty good souls, despite the raging family feud that motivates the plotline. The same cannot be

Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.

Western, Drama, Classics

Directed By: Burt Lancaster

Written By: Felix Holt, A.B. Guthrie Jr.

In Theaters: Aug 1, 1955 Wide

On DVD: May 8, 2001

United Artists

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Cast

Burt Lancaster
Big Eli
Dianne Foster
Hannah
Diana Lynn
Susie
John McIntire
Zack
Walter Matthau
Bodine
Una Merkel
Sophie
John Carradine
Fletcher
John Litel
Babson
Rhys Williams
Constable
Edward Norris
Gambler
Lee Erickson
Luke
Clem Bevans
Pilot
Lisa Ferraday
Woman Gambler
Donald MacDonald
Little Eli
Douglas Spencer
Fromes Brother
Paul Wexler
Fromes Brother
Whip Wilson

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Burt Lancaster's only effort as solo director is this slow-moving, flat, so-so western.

March 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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You have to love Lancaster. He was and will always be a great actor. This one was a little timid but still a great westren.

August 8, 2009

Barry Lappin

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It's worth watching just to see Walter Matthau in his film debut as the mean bartender who's a genius with a bullwhip & the scene where he takes on an unarmed Lancaster was the best part of the movie.Other then that, It was just so so

January 6, 2011