The Kentuckian (1955) | |
| Director(s) | Burt Lancaster |
| Producer(s) | Harold Hecht, James Hill (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, Western |
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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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From the Archives: The Kentuckian ( 1955 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 30, 2020 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversLovely 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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Zack Wakefield:
Look, we're much obliged - more than I can say.
Hannah: Eli, you're playin' the fool.
Zack Wakefield: Maybe my own kind of fool then.
[to Little Eli]
Zack Wakefield: Let's go, boy.
Drunk frontiersman with whip: Who dares? Who dares to crack a whip with me? My mammy was a gator and my pappy was a bull! I can whup my weight in wildcats and drink my belly full. Who dares?
[Stan whips the jug out of drunk whipcracker's hand]
Drunk frontiersman with whip: Not you, Stan. You cut too fine a seam for me.
Elias Wakefield: I overdone my fun and so poked my paw in the bear trap.
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Hannah: Eli, you're playin' the fool.
Zack Wakefield: Maybe my own kind of fool then.
[to Little Eli]
Zack Wakefield: Let's go, boy.
Drunk frontiersman with whip: Who dares? Who dares to crack a whip with me? My mammy was a gator and my pappy was a bull! I can whup my weight in wildcats and drink my belly full. Who dares?
[Stan whips the jug out of drunk whipcracker's hand]
Drunk frontiersman with whip: Not you, Stan. You cut too fine a seam for me.
Elias Wakefield: I overdone my fun and so poked my paw in the bear trap.
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The average shot length of this film is about 7.75 seconds, which makes it one of the faster cut early CinemaScope films.
Final film of Whip Wilson.
Film debut of Walter Matthau.
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Final film of Whip Wilson.
Film debut of Walter Matthau.
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