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Saturday Cinema 2: The Kentuckian

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
Burt Lancaster America 1820: Big
Eli Wakefield and his son Little Eli decide to leave their home in Kentucky and head for the wide open spaces of Texas. The journey has scarcely begun when the big backwoodsman finds himself arrested by the local sheriff and thrown into jail....
Filmed mainly on location in Kentucky, this frontier adventure is a mixture of history, action and romance.
Screenplay by A. B. GUTHIER JR
Based on the novel The Gabriel Horn by FELIX HOLT
Produced by HAROLD HECHT Directed by BURT LANCASTER
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Contributors

Unknown:
Eli Wakefield
Unknown:
Little Eli
Unknown:
A. B. Guthier
Unknown:
Gabriel Horn
Unknown:
Felix Holt
Produced By:
Harold Hecht
Directed By:
Burt Lancaster
Big Eli:
Burt Lancaster
Hannah:
Dianne Foster
Susie:
Diana Lynn
Zack:
John McIntyre
Sophie:
Una Merkel
Bodine:
Walter Matthau
Fletcher:
John Carradine
Little Eli:
Donald MacDonald
Constable:
Rhys Williams
Gambler:
Edward Norris
Luke:
Lee Erickson
Pilot:
Clem Bevans
Woman gambler:
Lisa Ferraday
Source: Radio Times

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