The King and Four Queens

The King and Four Queens (1956)

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.

Date of release
1956-12-21
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (34)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Western, Comedy, Mystery, Adventure
Director
Raoul Walsh

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: California and Utah

The King and Four Queens is a 1956 American western adventure comedy mystery film starring Clark Gable as adventurer Dan Kehoe and Eleanor Parker as wife/widow Sabina McDade. It was filmed on location in CinemaScope. Directed by Raoul Walsh, the film is based on a story written by Margaret Fitts, who also wrote the screenplay along with Richard Alan Simmons. This film was the first project from Clark Gable's own production company, GABCO. His partners in the project were movie star Jane Russell and her husband, Bob Waterfield, owners of Russ-Field Productions, and the film is often listed as a Russ-Field-GABCO production.

Production notes

At Clark Gable's request, the film was shot on location in southern Utah because he was familiar with the area, having hunted there for years. Footage was shot near St. George, Utah, in Snow Canyon State Park and at the Santa Clara River. Additional footage was shot in Calabasas, California.

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