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The Kentuckian (1955) was a Drama - Western Film directed by Burt Lancaster and produced by Harold Hecht and James Hill.

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By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 30, 2020 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Lovely Diana Lynn poses as Susie Spann in this publicity photo from the MGM western drama The Kentuckian ( 1955 ) starring Burt Lancaster. From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pictures collection. Some of these may have been sold in the past, a... Read full article


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[last lines]
Elias Wakefield: No, Hannah, don't leave us. We're goin' to Texas. We're goin' to live it bold.


Susie: Sometimes you can ruin what you love.


Zack Wakefield: Just keep your powder dry. Our time to shoot will come.


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Final film of Whip Wilson.
The average shot length of this film is about 7.75 seconds, which makes it one of the faster cut early CinemaScope films.
The river boat used in the movie was the Delta Queen. The company spent almost $10,000 dollars to add the fake smoke stacks.
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Also directed by Burt Lancaster


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Also produced by Harold Hecht




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Also released in 1955




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