
The Unforgiven(1960)
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the Kiowa tribe.


“Hunter...Frontiersman...Adventurer!”
A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.

Burt Lancaster
Elias Wakefield

Dianne Foster
Hannah Bolen

Walter Matthau
Stan Bodine

Diana Lynn
Susie Spann
Donald MacDonald
Little Eli Wakefield

John McIntire
Zack Wakefield

Una Merkel
Sophie Wakefield

John Carradine
Ziby Fletcher

John Litel
Pleasant Tuesday Babson

Rhys Williams
Constable
The Kentuckian is a western film released in 1955 exploring themes of texas, frontiersman. Directed by Burt Lancaster, it stars Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Walter Matthau. A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
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