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The King and Four Queens
The King plays the hottest game in the West . . . with four Queens!
Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold.
- Original title
- The King and Four Queens
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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Wuchak
Sep 11, 2025 · via TMDB
**_Clark Gable and four beautiful women in the Old West_** An opportunistic man in the Southwest (Gable) travels to a ranch owned by a cantankerous mother of four outlaws, all of whom are dead except maybe one. Their four wives have been without a man for two years and everyone seems obsessed with stolen loot buried somewhere on the property. “The King and Four Queens” (1956) features a set-up reminiscent of “The Beguiled” fifteen years later. The difference is that Eastwood’s flick is a serious tragedy whereas this one has fun spirit beneath it all, not to mention a wholly contrived story that essentially sinks the proceedings. Yet Gable has his great masculine charisma and was still lean at 55 years-old during shooting. And you can’t beat the colorful Southwest locations, cited below. Another highlight is the lovely female cast, which includes redhead Eleanor Parker (Sabina) and brunette Jean Willes (Ruby), along with two blondes, Sara Shane (Oralie) and Barbara Nichols (Birdie). Unfortunately, the glaringly manufactured plot weighs everything down and makes it almost impossible to take the movie seriously. That’s why you’ll never hear this mentioned in the same breath as the great 50s’ Westerns; or even good ones. If you can roll with the contrivances, however, there are entertaining factors. It runs 1 hour, 24 minutes, and was shot 17 miles northwest of St. George, Utah, in Snow Canyon State Park and at the Santa Clara River, which are in the southwest section of the state, a 2.5 hours’ drive northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Additional footage was shot in Calabasas, which is a 35-minutes’ drive west of Hollywood, with interiors done at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios. GRADE: C+
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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
Roy Roberts
Sheriff Tom Larrabee
Arthur Shields
Padre
Jay C. Flippen
Bartender
Chuck Roberson
Posseman
Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
Renié
Costume Design
Martha Crawford
Stunt Double
Chuck Roberson
Stunts
Raoul Walsh
Director
Robert Waterfield
Executive Producer
Richard Condon
Publicist
Alex North
Conductor
Alex North
Music
Alex North
Original Music Composer
Richard Alan Simmons
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