- HD 1080
- Runtime: 100m.
- Status: Released
- 1
- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: George Waggner
- Stars: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy, Marie Windsor
- keywords: kentucky, black and white, rifleman
- Production_studio: Republic Pictures, John Wayne Productions
- Slogan: ROUGHER, TOUGHER, MORE ROMANTIC THAN EVER!
- The The Fighting Kentuckian is featured in the top rankings of 1949
- #40 in Top Romance Movies of 1949
- #16 in Top Western Movies of 1949
John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.