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.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Clark Gable | ... | Dan Kehoe | |
| Eleanor Parker | ... | Sabina McDade | |
| Jean Willes | ... | Ruby McDade | |
| Barbara Nichols | ... | Birdie McDade | |
| Sara Shane | ... | Oralie McDade | |
| Roy Roberts | ... | Sheriff Tom Larrabee | |
| Arthur Shields | ... | Padre | |
| Jay C. Flippen | ... | Bartender of Rosebud Saloon in Touchstone | |
| Jo Van Fleet | ... | Ma McDade | |
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Smooth cowboy Dan Kehoe arrives at a ranch run by an old widow and her four daughters-in-law. He's been tipped off that the proceeds of a gold robbery are hidden on the ranch, but only one of the women knows where. He plays them off against each other in his quest to discover the location. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
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21 December 1956 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$2,250,000, 31 December 1956Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Jo Van Fleet, who played "Ma" McDade, was actually 14 years younger than Gable. See more »Goofs
When Dan Kehoe is shot off his horse by Ma McDade, he fell just across a footbridge on a piece of sandy ground with some small brush around him. When the girls approach him, he is laying in a more barren patch of ground with very little brush. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Clark Gable dreamed up some sweet con game to do four lovely widows and their mother-in-law out of some stolen loot that their late husbands an outlaw brother gang have robbed.
One McDade brother is still alive, but we're not sure which one. And through force of personality their mother-in-law is keeping them in a ghost town hide out until he returns for what's his. If stolen loot can be considered his.
Gable arrives in town and woos all the women who don't need much encouragement. No male companionship for seven years, got to be tough on a gal. The women are Eleanor Parker, Jean Willes, Sara Shane, and Barbara Nichols.
The King and Four Queens though Clark Gable is billed above the title, this picture really belongs to Jo Van Fleet. 1956 was a good year for her, Jo also turned in an outstanding performance as Doc Holiday's gal pal Kate Fisher in Gunfight at the OK Corral. Her's is the dominant performance of the film. It has to be or the idea that these women wouldn't have just overpowered her and forced Van Fleet to tell where the loot is becomes ludicrous.
Lots of sexual innuendo in this film, very much a precursor to the adult TV westerns that were to come soon. One of the more interesting of Clark Gable's post World War II films.