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      The Fighting Kentuckian

      1949, Adventure, 1h 40m

      2 Reviews 2,500+ Ratings

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      Movie Info

      Marching with his company across Kentucky, soldier John Breen (John Wayne) meets Fleurette (Vera Ralston), daughter of exiled French general Paul De Marchand (Hugo Haas), who's the leader of a community settled by Napoleon's former soldiers. Fleurette is engaged to Blake Randolph (John Howard), a businessman colluding with George Hayden (Grant Withers) to take back the land granted to the French. In love with Fleurette and furious with Blake's scheming, John helps the French fight back.

      • Genre: Adventure

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: George Waggner

      • Producer: John Wayne

      • Writer: George Waggner

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

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      • Distributor: Republic Pictures

      • Production Co: Republic Pictures Corporation

      Cast & Crew

      John Wayne
      Vera Ralston
      Oliver Hardy
      Philip Dorn
      John Howard
      Hugo Haas
      Grant Withers
      Odette Myrtil
      Paul Fix
      Mae Marsh
      Jack Pennick
      Fred Graham
      Charles Cane
      George Waggner
      George Antheil
      Lee Garmes
      John McCarthy Jr.
      George Milo

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      • Jul 15, 2007
        A very enjoyable movie, especially pairing John Wayne with Oliver Hardy. That is the reason this is worth watching. Talk about an odd pairing for a buddy movie.
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