The King and Four Queens
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Director Raoul Walsh Initial DVD release May 12, 2009 Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Comedy, Mystery Music director Alex North Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 26, 1956 (1956-12-26) Writer Richard Alan Simmons (screenplay), Margaret Fitts (screenplay), Margaret Fitts (novel) Cast Clark Gable (Dan Kehoe), Eleanor Parker (Sabina McDade), Jean Willes (Ruby McDade), Jo Van Fleet (Ma McDade), Barbara Nichols (Birdie McDade), Sara Shane (Oralie McDade)Similar movies Self/less , The Face of Love , Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street , The Sting , The Brothers Bloom , Finding Neverland Tagline The King plays the hottest game in the West . . . with four Queens! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The King and Four Queens is a 1956 DeLuxe Color American Western adventure comedy/mystery film starring Clark Gable and Eleanor Parker in CinemaScope. Directed by Raoul Walsh, the film is based on a story written by Margaret Fitts, who also wrote the screenplay along with Richard Alan Simmons.
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This film was the first (and last) project from Clark Gable's own production company, GABCO.
Plot
The story involves a middle-aged cowboy adventurer (Clark Gable) who learns that a stolen fortune remains buried on a ranch that serves as home to four gorgeous young widows and their battle-axe mother-in-law; the drifter turns on the charm.
Cast
Book version
In 1956, Theodore Sturgeon novelized the original screen story by Margaret Fitts for Dell Books, which published it in December 1956 as a 25-cent paperback.
References
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