The Sons of Katie Elder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-07-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (9444 Reviews)

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Genres:

Western

Cast:

John Wayne Dean Martin Martha Hyer Michael Anderson Jr.

Writer:

William H. Wright (screenplay)

Allan Weiss (screenplay)

Harry Essex (screenplay)

Talbot Jennings (story)

Fullplot:

The Elder boys return to Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral. John the eldest is a well known gunfighter and trouble follows him wherever he goes. The boys try to get back their ranch from the towns gunsmith who won it from their father in a card game with which he was shortly murdered there after but not before getting through the troubles that come with the Elders name.

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