Johnny Cash sings "The Sons of Katie Elder";
a rather awful song written by Elmer Bernstein and Ernie Sheldon.
The film's background music was also composed by Elmer Bernstein.
Dean's second Western with John Wayne.
A follow-up to immensely popular Rio Bravo (1959)
Katie Elder was a real person and the events surrounding the Sons is also loosely based on historical events.
More on that later.
John, Dean, Earl Holliman, Michael Anderson Jr.
From the Four Winds they came.
the four brothers. their eyes smoking
and their fingers itching...A Review or two.
100%!!??? Definitely not.
I really gotta say that I'm mystified by the high ratings? To me this is nothing more that a second level John Wayne Western - almost a formula flick.
These ratings would make it almost a Classic - which it is not.
But obviously a lot of people like it.
Next: The Sons of Katie Elder / Part 2
