---
title: 'The Kentuckian (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Burt Lancaster'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-kentuckian-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048248/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Kentuckian (1955)

1955 · 104 min · Drama, Western · United States


## Synopsis

The Kentuckian is a 1955 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Burt Lancaster, who also stars. This is one of only two films that Lancaster directed, and the only one for which he has sole credit. It is Walter Matthau's film debut. The film is an adaptation of the novel The Gabriel Horn by Felix Holt. The film was shot in locations around Kentucky, including Cumberland Falls, the Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park near London, Owensboro and Green River, and at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Village near Rockport, Indiana. A featured landmark is the natural arch Sky Bridge.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Burt Lancaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-lancaster)
- **Screenplay:** [A. B. Guthrie Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-b-guthrie-jr)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernard Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-herrmann)
- **Producer:** [James Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hill), [Harold Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-hecht)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Laszlo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-laszlo)

## Cast

- [Dianne Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/dianne-foster)
- [James Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-griffith)
- [John McIntire](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mcintire)
- [Una Merkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/una-merkel)
- [Douglas Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-spencer)
- [John Litel](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-litel)
- [Edward Norris](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-norris)
- [Burt Lancaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-lancaster)
- [Will Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-wright)
- [Walter Matthau](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-matthau)
- [Mitchell Kowal](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-kowal)
- [Rhys Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhys-williams)
- [John Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carradine)
- [Diana Lynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-lynn)

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