The Sons of Katie Elder

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) starring John Wayne, Dean Martin. The four sons of Katie Elder (including Wayne and Martin as the eldest) reunite in their small Texas home town for her funeral -- only to find out that their ranch has been taken over and their father murdered. When they set out to find out what happened, they meet opposition every inch of the way. The four brothers fight among themselves, but you just know they'll pull together before the movie is over. I was hoping for a rousing Western, but I was mostly disappointed -- this film has plenty of gunplay, but so many guys are shot, both good- and bad-guys, that it gets boring after a while. There are several strands of the plot that are never satisfactorily resolved. This is just an OK Western. Good subtitles. Grade: B-