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1955

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A rugged frontiersman and his son travel to Texas in search of a place to begin a new life. They face numerous rough characters in their struggle to survive on the Texas prairie. Burt Lancaster directs and stars, with Walter Matthau making his film debut as a whip-wielding brute in this solid, fondly remembered western. Based .. Read more

Starring	Burt Lancaster, Diana Lynn, Walter Matthau, John Carradine
Director	Burt Lancaster
Genres	Action/Adventure

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The Kentuckian

Starring	Burt Lancaster, Diana Lynn, Walter Matthau, John Carradine, John McIntire, Una Merkel, Dianne Foster
Director	Burt Lancaster
Studio	MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 39 mins
Certificate
Collections	100 Wild Westerns
Genres	Action/Adventure
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1955 To Rent: DVD: 01 Mar 2004

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- Lancaster's only film as a director is a slow-moving, lack-lustre Western in which he plays a Kentucky frontiersman... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16
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  not bad,not that good
  
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  the kentukian
  
  very good classic western well worth watching
  
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  - 04 Feb 2009 at 09:27
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  great film
  
  watched the start on t v so i rented it and wasent dissapointed bit dated but enjoyable
  
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  Good old Burt
  
  I don't know if it's true, but Burt Lancaster always comes across as a nice kind of man in his films, ... read more »
  
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  A rugged frontiersman and his son travel to Texas in search of a place to begin a new life. They face numerous rough characters in their struggle to survive on the Texas prairie. Burt Lancaster directs and stars, with Walter Matthau making his film debut as a whip-wielding brute in this solid, ...