Movie · Western · Drama

Katie Elder bore 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.

1965 · 2h 2m
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  • 12+
Director Henry Hathaway

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The Sons of Katie Elder

Western

Katie Elder bore 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.

COMMON SENSE

Western about reputation and corruption; violence, smoking.

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.7
Reviews 15
Fresh 15

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
1965
Run Time
2 hr 2 min
Rated
Unrated
Content Advisories
Violence
Region of Origin
United States
© 1965 by Paramount Pictures, Hal B. Wallis and Joseph H. Hazen and John Wayne. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC), French (France) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Danish (Denmark) , Dutch (Netherlands) , Finnish (Finland) , French (France) , German (Germany) , Japanese , Norwegian (Norway) , Swedish (Sweden)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.