The Sons of Katie Elder is a 1965 western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. It was filmed principally in Mexico.
The four adult sons of Katie Elder -- John, Tom, Bud and Matt -- reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas, in 1898 for their mother's funeral. They share regret that none of them has lived up to her high expectations of them.
The townspeople are unfriendly with John, the eldest of the four a...
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The Sons of Katie Elder is a 1965 western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. It was filmed principally in Mexico.
The four adult sons of Katie Elder -- John, Tom, Bud and Matt -- reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas, in 1898 for their mother's funeral. They share regret that none of them has lived up to her high expectations of them.
The townspeople are unfriendly with John, the eldest of the four and a professional gunfighter. Katie Elder was extremely well-liked by everyone in the community, all aware of her honesty, her poverty and her undying love for the sons who neglected her.
Tom is a gambler and is wanted by the law. The brothers want to do something for Katie's sake and their plan is to send youngest son Bud to college, raising money through a sale of another man's herd of horses.
Morgan Hastings, a gunsmith, inherited the Elders' ranch after their father Bass Elder's death, claiming to have won it from him in a game of cards....
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