
The Kentuckian
1955, Western, 1h 44m
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Elias Wakefield
Hannah
Susie
Zack Wakefield
Sophie Wakefield
Fletcher
Critic Reviews for The Kentuckian
All Critics (7) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (6)
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The footage is long and often slow, with the really high spots of action rather scattered.
March 18, 2020 | Full Review… -
The Kentuckian, though its plot is almost tenuous and its action slight, is a long and ambitious kind of Western.
March 18, 2020 | Full Review… -
In general the direction tends to get bogged down in not very interesting characters and relationships while neglecting to deliver the action.
June 24, 2006 | Full Review… -
Some outdoor scenes in excellent color and the expanse of CinemaScope give a bit of magnificence to a picture that lacks it in every other way.
March 25, 2006 | Full Review… -
An occasionally brutal, but generally plodding western from Lancaster (his first as a director), who fails to pump much life into the anemic script, giving the cast little to do.
March 26, 2009 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review… -
Burt Lancaster's only effort as solo director is this slow-moving, flat, so-so western.
March 24, 2007 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Kentuckian
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Jan 06, 2011It'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 soBrody M Super Reviewer
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Aug 08, 2009You have to love Lancaster. He was and will always be a great actor. This one was a little timid but still a great westren.Barry L Super Reviewer
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