Duke played well, and was sidekicked by a rare appearance of oliver hardy, who acted exactly the same, as he did, only without stan. His company is going home to kentucky to be demobilized. The fighting kentuckian full movie hd film the fighting kentuckian full the fighting. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of the fighting kentuckian with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. With john wayne, vera ralston, philip dorn, oliver hardy. While certainly not his best film, the fighting kentuckians manages to be a lighthearted, romantic adventure with john wayne as the rebel who finds a cause. Breen falls head over heels for the beautiful french generals daughter vera ralston, but a rich and powerful rival, blake.
Hes one of the kentucky riflemen who saw action in the indian wars and the battle of new orleans with andrew jackson. There is action when the french are attacked by the evil rivermen who want their land, and are in turn repelled by the fighting kentuckians,the whole kit and kaboodle,lead by a trumpetblowing hardy. He stays behind to help the french settlers fight unscrupulous developers and to win the hand of fleurette vera ralston, the daughter of a french general. In the fighting kentuckian john wayne steps back a couple of generations on the american frontier from where he usually has his movie roles to play a frontier soldier. 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. The fighting kentuckian official trailer wayne, who produced this boxoffice winner for republic, is a member of a kentucky regiment returning from new orleans, where andrew jackson has beaten. The fighting kentuckian whether the story of two kentucky riflemen coming to the aid of french refugees starts a bit incongruous, it all pans out as swiftmoving melodrama. Watch the fighting kentuckian online 1949 movie yidio. The fighting kentuckian john wayne vera ralston oliver hardy 1949 a backwoodsman john wayne woos a french generals daughter vera ralston and chases cutthroats off french land circa 1810.
Oliver hardy in the fighting kentuckian part 1 youtube. Before reaching the mansion, one of the rivermen shoots at breen and his horse goes down. Download full the fighting kentuckian in high quality video. The fighting kentuckian 1949 is an american comedy action film starring john wayne and oliver hardy. Oliver hardy, in a rare solo outing, plays fall guy, while vera ralston succumbs to waynes charms as the daughter of a french general. The fighting kentuckian trailer 1949 video detective. Leading a regiment of kentucky riflemen during the war of 1812, john wayne is the frontiersman who battles to save his love, a french generals daughter, and his homeland from speculators, after the battle of new orleans.
Watch the fighting kentuckian movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. The film is waynes second selfproducing effort for republic after angel and the. George waggner the wolf man wrote and directed this actionpackedcomedy adventure. The story takes place on a film set in the war of 1812. They are about to be attacked by randolph and haydens rivermen. The bonapartists had been exiled from france after the defeat of napoleon i at the battle of. Breen replies as he mounts his horse, no thanks, just had one. He discovers a plot to steal the land that fleurettes exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it. Full streaming the fighting kentuckian in top video format. Set shortly after the battle of new orleans, the film casts wayne as john breen, a kentucky trooper leading a regiment of kentucky riflemen back home. Leading a regiment of kentucky riflemen during the war of 1812, john wayne is the frontiersman who battles to save his love, a french generals daughter, and his homeland from speculators, after.
Watch streaming the fighting kentuckian in high definition format. The fighting kentuckian full movie hd film slideshare. The fighting kentuckian is a 1949 american western film with comic overtones directed by george waggner starring john wayne, vera ralston, philip dorn, oliver hardy, marie windsor, john howard, hugo haas, grant withers and odette myrtil. Westward ho the fighting kentuckian john wayne double. This was their only pairing and it is a real cinematic gem. The fighting kentuckian 1949 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
John wayne the quiet man sets the wild frontier ablaze in this thrilling romantic adventure. Meanwhile all the french are congregating at the generals mansion. It is about john wayne who is a leader of a regiment determines to fight for his love, his homeland, a french s daughter. Olive films has done an outstanding job with their blu ray edition of john waynes 1949 romantic adventure the fighting kentuckian. I really like this film, and found it great fun and entertainment. The stellar cast includes comic legend oliver hardy, hollywood badgirl marie windsor with philip dorn and paul fix. My favorite one liner in the fighting kentuckian is the one where john breen john wayne, after being shot while surveying, comes to a cabin of french settlers, and is discovered by the men who shoot him. Oliver hardy is the third part of this delightful threesome. John waynes second effort as starproducer after angel and the badman, in 1947, the fighting kentuckian is a very enjoyable tale, set in 1818 alabama, of coonskincapped wayne, part of the kentucky militia, falling for french immigrant vera ralston in her second film with duke, and discovering a plot to swindle the french community composed of ex. Legendary movie bad girl marie windsor appears in the fighting kentuckian, and she. Plot summary in alabama in 1818, kentucky militiaman john breen falls in love with a french exile and discovers. John wayne as a kentucky militiaman in the early 1800s. The movie was written and directed by george waggner and made by republic pictures.
This republic pictures film has its share of historic detail, and quite a bit of humor provided by waynes sidekick, the buckskinclad oliver hardy. The fighting kentuckian is a 1949 american western film with comic overtones directed by. What better way to bridge our preoccupation with classic comedy with an increasing interest in westerns than with waynes 1949 film the fighting kentuckian, in which his sidekick is played by none another than oliver hardy. Fighting kentuckian john wayne rare and collectible. Vera ralston westerns only charles l dick jr on dailymotion. In 1818 alabama, french settlers are pitted against greedy.
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