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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 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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The Kentuckian Quotes:

Fletcher: Hitting a poor scholar isn't going to cure your ignorance, my friend.
Zack Wakefield: Just keep your powder dry. Our time to shoot will come.
[last lines]
Elias Wakefield: No, Hannah, don't leave us. We're goin' to Texas. We're goin' to live it bold.
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.
Zack Wakefield: I know what's best for him. I'll make a businessman out of him. You leave it to me. I'll work the buckskin out of him and off of him both. He's my little brother.
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The Kentuckian Facts
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.
Film debut of Walter Matthau.
Final film of Whip Wilson.
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