Cat. No. DVDM 1001: THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER ~ JOHN WAYNE / DEAN MARTIN. PARAMOUNT PAR1038.
WIDESCREEN 16:9 ASPECT RATIO (2.35:1). AUDIO: DOLBY DIGITAL MONO. DUAL LAYER.
FORMAT: PAL. REGION: 4. COLOUR. RUNNING TIME: 117 MINS.
REVIEW: Katie Elder had four sons. The day she is buried they all return home to Clearwater, Texas, to pay their last respects. John Wayne is the eldest and toughest son, the gunslinger, Tom (Dean Martin) is good with a deck of cards and good with a gun when he has to be. Matt (Earl Holliman) is the quiet one – nobody ever called him yellow…twice. Bud (Michael Anderson Jr) is the youngest. Any hope for respectability lies with him. Directed by Henry Hathaway (True Grit), an acknowledged master of the western, the story has a dual theme: not only is this a he-man’s story, but it is also a drama of the maternal influence of Katie Elder, movingly portrayed from beginning to conclusion.
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