Watch The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) Free Online

Release Date: 1949

Cast: Oliver Hardy, John Wayne, Marie Windsor, Hugo Haas, Odette Myrtil, Philip Dorn, Vera Ralston, Grant Withers

Categories: Movies, Action/Adventure, War Film, Western, Costume Drama, Action

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) is an American comedy action film starring John Wayne and Oliver Hardy. The movie was written and directed by George Waggner and made by Republic Pictures. The film is also known as A Strange Caravan and Eagles in Exile and also features Shy Waggner, the director's daughter, in a cameo. John Breen, a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on. Throughout the film, Breen's soldiers sing... Only four hundred miles more to go Only four... MORE

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) is an American comedy action film starring John Wayne and Oliver Hardy. The movie was written and directed by George Waggner and made by Republic Pictures. The film is also known as A Strange Caravan and Eagles in Exile and also features Shy Waggner, the director's daughter, in a cameo. John Breen, a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on. Throughout the film, Breen's soldiers sing... Only four hundred miles more to go Only four hundred miles more to go And if we can just get lucky We will end up in Kentucky Only six hundred miles more to go Although when the song is first heard, there is eight hundred miles to go The story is set in Alabama in 1818, including the city of Demopolis, which was founded by Bonapartists. The Bonapartists had been exiled from France after the defeat of Napoleon I at the Battle of Waterloo. Congress authorized the sale of four townships in the Alabama Territory in March 1817 at two dollars per acre, and Marengo County was created on February 7, 1818 from lands that had been taken from the LESS