1955 The Kentuckian A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas. Credits Director Burt Lancaster Producer Harold Hecht Writer A.B. Guthrie Jr. Cinematographer Ernest Laszlo Editor George E. Luckenbacher Production Design Ted Haworth Costume Design Norma Koch Composers Bernard Herrmann , Roy Webb Cast Burt Lancaster , Dianne Foster , Walter Matthau , Diana Lynn , Donald MacDonald , John McIntire , Una Merkel , John Carradine , John Litel , Rhys Williams Studios United Artists , Hecht-Lancaster Productions Genre Western External IMDb Amazon Posters 5