The Fighting Kentuckian.
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✎ Suggest a correctionA melodrama in which a Kentucky regiment champions a band of French settlers who are being cheated out of their lands. Setting, Alabama after the War of 1812.
John Breen, a Kentucky militiaman, falls in love with French exile Fleurette de Marchand. He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurete's exiles plan to settle on. Throughout the film, Breen's soldiers sing: When the song is first heard, there are eight hundred miles to go.
John Breen, a Kentucky militiaman, falls in love with French exile Fleurette de Marchand. He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurete's exiles plan to settle on. Throughout the film, Breen's soldiers sing: When the song is first heard, there are eight hundred miles to go.
Credits
- Cast
- John Wayne, Oliver Hardy
Copyright
9Sep49 L2570, renewed 8Nov76 R645418 Renewal claimant: Repix, Inc Original author: Republic Productions, Inc © Republic Pictures Corp.; 9Sep49; LP2570.
Complete catalog record
THE FIGHTING KENTUCKIAN. Republic Productions, Inc., c1949. 100 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Summary: A melodrama in which a Kentucky regiment champions a band of French settlers who are being cheated out of their lands. Setting, Alabama after the War of 1812. Credits: Producer, John Wayne; written and directed by George Waggner; music, George Antheil; film editor, Richard L. Van Enger. Cast: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy, Marie Windsor. © Republic Pictures Corp.; 9Sep49; LP2570.
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