The Sons of Katie Elder | John Wayne, Dean Martin | Classic Wayne with help from Dean Martin

The Sons of Katie Elder | John Wayne, Dean Martin | Classic John Wayne

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	The Sons of Katie Elder John Wayne, Dean Martin Paramount, 2001 average customer review:based on 32 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Classic Wayne with help from Dean Martin

This is one of the Duke's classics from the 60's. Surrounded by a group of great actors that include Dean Martin and Dennis Hopper, this film tells the story of Four brothers brought together for the funeral of their mother. They discover treachery behind the death of their father and the loss of the family ranch. Action and drama aplenty fill the screen in this taut western. Don't skip this movie, Katie wouldn't like it.

Classic John Wayne

This is one of the first John Wayne movies I saw as an adult. Meaning I actually paid attention. :) It is one of the handfull of movies I still would go back and see again and enjoy as well.

The interaction between the brothers, all so different from one another is very good. Sibling Rivalries and memories mixed with the loss of their Mother.. The Mother they all had left behind in their pursuit of life. Now they must face what she faced, put the wrong to right and talk some sense into the 'baby brother'. In the course of the action, they find the brotherhood they had forgotten.

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Wayne, Lucien Ballard's camera, and Elmer's Music--How Can You Go Wrong?

I know the sixties films of Wayne will never get the same accolades as his Ford westerns, but dang it, this is a pretty decent movie. Couple of things to note: Even though Katie Elder is never shown in the movie, you feel her presence throughout, which I think is a testament to the quality of the screenplay and acting. You actually picture her in your imagination through all of the stories told about her. Secondly, Dean Martin's performance is exceptional. He's irreverent, funny, self-deprecating, and really intense when he faces the villains at the end. He shows once again what a good dramatic actor he was. Then there's Lucien Ballard's camera. Every shot is framed so beautifully--enhancing the locations where they shot the film. And finally, there's Elmer Bernstein's wonderful music. He could really score a western and became the Duke's preferred composer after Dimitri Tiomkin died in the early sixties.

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Very fine Wayne Western with many recognizable faces in solid roles

Wayne even kept Marvin 'on the wagon'
in next movie, which starred a young
James Caan. Solid Western-Actioner,
sort of a revenge/ambush tale. Fourth
best Wayne Western of the Sixties!

The Sons of Katie Elder 1965

Katie Elder bore four sons . The day she is buried they all return home to Clearwater , Texas to pay their last respect . John Wayne (1907-1979) is the eldest and toughest son , a gunslinger . Tom ( Dean Martin 1917-1995) is good with a deck of cards and good with a gun when he has to be . Matt (Earl Holliman 1928- ) is the quiet one -noboby ever called him yellow..twice . Bud (Michael Anderson,Jr (1943- ) is the youngest . Any hope for respectability lies with him . Directed by Henry Hathaway (1898-1985) an acknowledged master of the western , the story has a dual theme : Not only this a he-man?s story but also a drama of the material influence of Katie Elder , movingly portrayed from Beginning to conclusion ! Is this a good Western Movie ! -No it?s a bad plot and nothing realy of sense happend here .Transfer in high Quality .

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