

The Sons of Katie Elder
From the four winds they came, the four brothers, their eyes smoking and their fingers itching...
The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, a corrupt businessman who wants to exploit the area around the town.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $6.5M
- Box office
- $23M
- Language
- English
- sibling relationship
- texas
- revenge
- murder
- dead mother
- aggressive
- loss of mother
- avenging son
- brothers
- corrupt businessman
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1324 Jun 1965
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon28 Oct 1965
- TheatricalULondon19 Nov 1965
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical29 Oct 1965
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG14 Jul 1965
BrazilBR
- Theatrical16 Aug 1965
- Physical16Paramount Home24 Jan 2007
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical28 Jan 1966
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1625 Dec 1965
FranceFR
- Theatrical21 Oct 1965
GermanyDE
- Theatrical164 Jan 1966
Hong KongHK
- Theatrical6 Jan 1966
IranIR
- Theatrical29 Sept 1966
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT24 Dec 1965
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The Sons of Katie Elder was released on 24 June 1965.
Audience reviews
2- J7/10
John Chard
10/4/2015
The Magnificent Four! John, Tom, Matt and Bud, these are the Elder boys, who upon meeting up at the funeral of their recently deceased mother, find that their father may have been murdered over a card game. The boys must cast off sibling rivalries and find out just what has been happening in their childhood town of Clearwater, Texas. Unfairly given harsh treatment upon its release by the critics and beset with …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/26/2024
When "John" (John Wayne) returns home for the funeral of his mother and to reunite with his three brothers, he sets the cat amongst the pigeons. It turns out that their ranch now belongs to gunsmith "Hastings" (James Gregory) and with their father having been shot in the back, they start to investigate. Now "John" is a notable man with a gun, so tensions heighten when "Curley" (George Kennedy) arrives in town as a bi…
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