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The Kentuckian

Name: The Kentuckian
Director: Burt Lancaster
Genre: Western
Released: 1955-07-22
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Walter Matthau, Diana Lynn, Donald MacDonald

Western

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

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Cast

Burt LancasterDianne FosterWalter MatthauDiana LynnDonald MacDonaldJohn McIntireUna MerkelJohn CarradineJohn LitelRhys WilliamsEdward NorrisWill Wright

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Burt Lancaster

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