Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. The kentuckian 1955 film, a 1955 technicolor and cinemascope adventure film. As noted by publicity information contained in the film s file at the. The kentuckian the 1955 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. The kentuckian 1955 burt lancaster full length western movie 2. Burt lancaster not only stars in the kentuckian 1955 but directed. The original trailer in high definition of the kentuckian directed by burt lancaster. The kentuckian 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors. Winterhawk full length western movie, hd, classic feature film, english free. The kentuckian, a short silent black and white western film. Set shortly after the battle of new orleans, the film casts john wayne as john breen, a kentucky trooper making the long journey. Upstanding widower big eli wakefield burt lancaster decides to move from kentucky further west to texas. The kentuckian is a 1955 american cinemascope technicolor western film directed by burt lancaster, who also starred.
The kentuckian official trailer 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. Burt lancaster in the kentuckian 1955 burt lancaster and dianne foster in. Not quite a westernthe characters never leave kentuckythis film made a splash in 1955. The original trailer in high definition of the kentuckian directed by burt lancaster and starring burt lancaster, diana lynn and dianne foster. This 1955 film features bert lancaster as elias wakefield, a kentucky mountain man in the 1820s with a yearn to travel to texas to begin a new life. It also marked the feature film debut of walter matthau. The kentuckian passed 1h 44min drama, western 11 august 1955 japan a kentucky widower bound for 1820s texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable, a longstanding family feud, and a beautiful indentured servant.
The kentuckian 1955 burt lancaster full length western. The kentuckian, though its plot is almost tenuous and its action slight, is a long and ambitious kind of western. Strictly for archive purposes for crossreference on accreditation. Burt lancaster applied for membership in the screen directors guild in august 1954 but was rejected because he allegedly had expressed opinions about directors regarded as uncomplimentary by the organization. Adventurer a frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in texas. In 1954, burt lancaster announced that he was planning to leave acting behind in order to become a fulltime director. The kentuckian 1955 burt lancaster, diana lynn, dianne. In this western, the recently widowed burt lancaster heads towards texas with his son donald mcdonald. This was one of only two films lancaster directed the other was the midnight man, and the only one for which he has sole credit. The kentuckian, a 1955 technicolor and cinemascope adventure film. He undertakes the journey with just his young son little eli. The kentuckian, 1954 painting by thomas hart benton based on the film.
The kentuckians 1921, 921 american silent drama film by charles maigne. The guild granted lancaster a waiver to allow him to direct the film and invited him to reapply after it was completed. The kentuckian 1955 burt lancaster, diana lynn, dianne foster. The films not really a western, although its about the spirit or mythology of the west. The kentuckian the rather simple story of a pioneer father, his son and their dream of new lands is the basis for this adventuredrama. Burt lancaster, diana lynn, dianne foster a kentucky widower bound for 1820s. Burt lancaster and dianne foster star in this dramatic tale of a father and young sons journey across the rugged, 1820 kentucky wilderness amidst. The kentuckian 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.
The footage is long and often slow, with the really high. The working title of this film was the gabriel horn. A frontiersman in 1820s kentucky finds the area too civilized for his tastes, so he makes plans for he and his son to leave for the wild texas country. As it turned out, aside from a minor codirecting credit on 1974s the midnight man, the kentuckian would also end up being his only effort. The kentuckian 1955 stream and watch online moviefone. The fighting kentuckian photos view all photos 1 movie info. Based on the novel the gabriel horn by felix holt, the story was set in kentucky circa.
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