The Kentuckian (1955) Reviews & Ratings

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The Kentuckian reviews

The Kentuckian holds a 5.8/10 average from 61 TMDB ratings.

Burt Lancaster starred in, and directed, this story of a well meaning traveller ("Big Eli") and his young son "Little Eli" (Donald MacDonald) heading to Texas hoping to make a decent living for him and his son. Along the way he encounters (and buys) an indentured slave "Susie" (Diana Lynn) who only complicates their already interesting journey as he fights his own demons with women, booze and a particularly nasty Wa…
— CinemaSerf (6/10)

A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.

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