The Fighting Kentuckian

Overview

Set shortly after the Battle of New Orleans, the film casts John Wayne as John Breen, a Kentucky trooper making the long journey homeward with his confreres. Breen becomes involved with a plan by robber baron Blake Randolph (John Howard) to deprive hundreds of French army refugees of land granted to them by an Act of Congress. Championing the cause of the refugees, Breen does his best to defeat Randolph and his minions--and to prevent the villain's marriage to Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston), the daughter of a former French general (Hugo Haas). Oliver Hardy makes a rare appearance sans Stan Laurel as Wayne's pugnacious, philosophical sidekick Willie Payne.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/24/2013
UPC:	0887090073509
Original Release:	1949
Rating:	NR
Source:	Olive
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:40:00
Sales rank:	4,805

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Wayne	John Breen
Vera Ralston	Fleurette De Marchand
Oliver Hardy	Willie Paine
Philip Dorn	Col. Georges Geraud
Marie Windsor	Ann Logan
Hugo Haas	Gen. Paul DeMarchand
Grant Withers	George Hayden
Odette Myrtil	Mme. DeMarchand
Paul Fix	Beau Merritt
Mae Marsh	Sister Hattie
Jack Pennick	Capt. Dan Carroll
Mickey Simpson	Jacques
Fred Graham	Carter Ward
Mabelle Koenig	Marie
Shy Waggner	Friend
Crystal White	Friend
Hank Worden	Announcer of Wrestling Contest
Charles Cane	Band Leader
Cliff Lyons	Driver
Chuck Roberson	Driver
Major Sam Harris	Fleurette's Dancing Partner
Roy Acuff	Actor
Hank Bell	Militiaman at Festival
Bob Bryant	Tug-of-War Participant
Ralph Bucko	Buck - a Kentuckian
Tex Cooper	White-Bearded Townsman
Gino Corrado	French Soldier
Steve Darrell	General Andrew Jackson
Ralph Dunn	River Man
Sumner Getchell	Knox Brown - Head Fiddler
William Hawes	Militiaman
Fred Libby	Militiaman
Mickey McCardle	Tug-of-War Participant
John Howard	Blake Randolph
Vera Miles	Actor
George Antheil	Composer

Technical Credits

George Waggner

Howard Lydecker	Special Effects,Special Effects
George Waggner	Director,Screenwriter
John Wayne	Producer
Howard Wilson	Sound Effects
Frederick Stahl	Sound Effects