Cinema: No. 165

The Sons of Katie Elder are Old Indestructible John Wayne and Old Impossible Dean Martin, plus a couple of young co-stars named Michael Anderson Jr. and Earl Holliman. They all come back to Clearwater, Texas, for their Ma's buryin' and find themselves in a mighty rough bind with some bad guys who have killed Pa Elder and are trying to take over the town. After the gunsmoke clears, the wrongdoers have what they deserve; the raucous Elder boys have a new image; and Katie's empty rocking chair rocks happily away to underline what Paramount Pictures calls this movie's "great theme of...

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