The Kentuckian

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

Cast

Burt Lancaster

as Elias Wakefield

Dianne Foster

as Hannah Bolen

Walter Matthau

as Stan Bodine

Diana Lynn

as Susie Spann

Donald MacDonald

as Little Eli Wakefield

John McIntire

as Zack Wakefield

Una Merkel

as Sophie Wakefield

John Carradine

as Ziby Fletcher

John Litel

as Pleasant Tuesday Babson

Rhys Williams

as Constable

Reviews

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 ...

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