THE FIGHTING KENTUCKIAN

'''The Fighting Kentuckian''' is a 1949 film starring John Wayne and Oliver Hardy. Decked out in buckskins and coonskin caps, Wayne and sidekick Hardy enliven 1818 Alabama. The movie was written and directed by George Waggner. The film was also known as ''A Strange Caravan'' and ''Eagles in Exile''. The film also starred Shy Waggner, the daughter of director, George Waggner.

Contents

Plot

Cast

See also

Trivia

Plot

The story is set in Alabama in 1818. John Breen, a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile, Fleurette De Marchand. He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on. Throughout the film, Breen's soldiers sing...

★ ''Only eight hundred miles more to go''

★ ''Only eight hundred miles more to go''

★ ''And if we can just get lucky''

★ ''We will end up in Kentucky''

★ ''Only eight hundred miles more to go''

Cast

★ John Wayne .... John Breen

★ Vera Ralston .... Fleurette De Marchand

★ Philip Dorn .... Col. Georges Geraud

★ Oliver Hardy .... Willie Paine

★ Marie Windsor .... Ann Logan

★ John Howard .... Blake Randolph

★ Hugo Haas .... Gen. Paul De Marchand

★ Grant Withers .... George Hayden

★ Odette Myrtil .... Madame De Marchand

★ Paul Fix .... Beau Merritt

★ Mae Marsh .... Sister Hattie

★ Jack Pennick .... Capt. Dan Carroll

★ Mickey Simpson .... Jacques (wrestler/Marie's father)

★ Fred Graham .... Carter Ward

★ Mabelle Koenig .... Marie

See also

★ Filmography of Oliver Hardy

★ John Wayne filmography (1941-1960)

Trivia

This one of only two times that Hardy worked without partner Stan Laurel after they'd teamed up as Laurel and Hardy.