The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) | |
| Director(s) | George Waggner |
| Producer(s) | John Wayne (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western |
| Top Topics | |
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The Fighting Kentuckian Overview:
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by George Waggner and produced by John Wayne.
SYNOPSIS
Wayne's in action on the frontier of the early 1800s as a Kentucky soldier who pauses on his way home from the Battle of New Orleans to battle land-claim jumpers and woo the daughter of a French general. Standard stuff with nonstandard part for Hardy.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Quotes from
John Breen:
[to the mortally wounded Blake Randolph] Hello, hero.
Beau Merritt: [holding up a glass] Have a shot?
John Breen: [holding up his wounded arm] Just had one.
[repeated line]
Willie Paine: I'll see to the horses.
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Beau Merritt: [holding up a glass] Have a shot?
John Breen: [holding up his wounded arm] Just had one.
[repeated line]
Willie Paine: I'll see to the horses.
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Facts about
Although Oliver Hardy was a good friend of John Wayne's, he initially balked at acting in this movie, for fear that it would make people think that he and Stan Laurel had broken up as a team. When Laurel insisted that Hardy take the role, he acquiesced.
John Wayne was so pleased with the chemistry between himself and Oliver Hardy that he offered Hardy the role of "permanent comic sidekick" in subsequent movies. By the time this picture was released, Stan Laurel had recovered from illness and was able to return to the Laurel & Hardy team, so Hardy (graciously, of course) declined Wayne's offer.
John Wayne later blamed the failure of the movie on co-star Vera Ralston.
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John Wayne was so pleased with the chemistry between himself and Oliver Hardy that he offered Hardy the role of "permanent comic sidekick" in subsequent movies. By the time this picture was released, Stan Laurel had recovered from illness and was able to return to the Laurel & Hardy team, so Hardy (graciously, of course) declined Wayne's offer.
John Wayne later blamed the failure of the movie on co-star Vera Ralston.
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