The Fighting Kentuckian
6.4
“ROUGHER, TOUGHER, MORE ROMANTIC THAN EVER!”
John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.
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John Wayne
John Breen
Known for
The Searchers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Vera Ralston
Fleurette De Marchand
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Philip Dorn
Col. Georges Geraud
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Oliver Hardy
Willie Paine
Known for
The Music Box
Sons of the Desert
Marie Windsor
Ann Logan
Known for
Salem's Lot
The Killing
John Howard
Blake Randolph
Known for
The Philadelphia Story
Lost Horizon
Hugo Haas
Gen. Paul De Marchand
Known for
King Solomon's Mines
Grant Withers
George Hayden
Known for
Rio Grande
My Darling Clementine
Odette Myrtil
Madame De Marchand
Known for
Dodsworth
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Paul Fix
Beau Merritt
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Zabriskie Point
Mae Marsh
Sister Hattie
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Dave Anderson
Giles (uncredited)
Also in
Lip Service
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George Waggner Director · George Antheil Composer Lee Garmes Cinematographer
Budget $1.6M · United States release September 15, 1949 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$1,550,000
Production
Republic Pictures
Production
John Wayne Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 15, 1949
Theatrical
France
February 9, 1951 · Theatrical
November 2, 2010 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
January 13, 2025 · Theatrical
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