Directed by:
Henry HathawayCinematography:
Lucien BallardComposer:
Elmer BernsteinCast:
John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer, Michael Anderson Jr., Earl Holliman, Jeremy Slate, James Gregory, Paul Fix, George Kennedy, Dennis Hopper (more)VOD (1)
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Katie Elder bore four sons... and the day she is buried they all return home to Clearwater, Texas, to pay their last respects. John Wayne is the eldest and toughest son, the gunslinger. Tom (Dean Martin) is the gambler and good with a gun when he has to be. Matt (Earl Holliman) is the quiet one - nobody ever called him yellow… twice. Bud (Michael Anderson, Jr.) is the youngest. Any hope for respectability lies with him. Directed by Henry Hathaway, an acknowledged master of the Western, the story has a dual theme; not only is this a he-man’s story, but it is also a drama of the maternal influence of Katie Elder, movingly portrayed from beginning to conclusion. (Paramount Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
John Wayne
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
El Dorado (1966)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Dean Martin
USA
Best movies:
Rio Bravo (1959)
Airport (1970)
The Young Lions (1958)
Martha Hyer
USA
Best movies:
Sabrina (1954)
The Chase (1966)
Born to Kill (1947)
Earl Holliman
USA
Best movies:
Giant (1956)
The Rainmaker (1956)
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Jeremy Slate
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
True Grit (1969)
The Devil's Brigade (1968)
James Gregory
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Paul Fix
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Scarface (1932)
George Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Charade (1963)
Dennis Hopper
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Strother Martin
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
John Qualen
Canada
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Karl Swenson
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Birds (1963)
Vanishing Point (1971)
John Doucette
USA
Best movies:
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Cleopatra (1963)
Julius Caesar (1953)
John Litel
USA
Best movies:
Dodge City (1939)
Jezebel (1938)
Key Largo (1948)
Chuck Roberson
USA
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
El Dorado (1966)
Spartacus (1960)
Percy Helton
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
James Westerfield
USA
Best movies:
On the Waterfront (1954)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
Rhys Williams
UK
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Henry Wills
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
Showdown (1963)
The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)