The King and Four Queens
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The King and Four Queens | |
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Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
Starring | Clark Gable Eleanor Parker Barbara Nichols Jo Van Fleet |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date(s) | 21 December 1956 |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
The King and Four Queens (1956), a western movie, involves a middle-aged cowboy adventurer (Clark Gable) who learns that a stolen fortune remains buried on a ranch that serves as home to four gorgeous young widows and their battle-axe mother-in-law: the drifter turns on the charm. Directed by Raoul Walsh, the film also features Eleanor Parker. This was the only film that Gable both starred in and produced, for the short-lived Russ-Field-Gabco Productions.
[edit] Cast
- Clark Gable as Dan Kehoe
- Eleanor Parker as Sabina McDade
- Jean Willes as Ruby McDade
- Barbara Nichols as Birdie McDade
- Sara Shane as Oralie McDade
- Jo Van Fleet as Ma McDade
[edit] Book version
In 1956, Theodore Sturgeon "novelized" the original screen story by Margaret Fitts for Dell Books, who published it in December 1956 as a 25-cent paperback.