john wayne second effort a star or producer ( after angel and the badman and in 1947 ) and the fighting kentuckian be a very enjoyable tale and set in 1818 alabama and of coonskin cap wayne and part of the kentucky militia and fall for french immigrant vera ralston ( in her second film with duke ) and and discover a plot to swindle the french community ( compose of ex officer of napoleon and and their family ) out of their land and by aristocrat john howard and ruthless river bos grant withers . what truly make this film pecial for me be wayne sidekick and portray by the legendary oliver hardy and of laurel and hardy fame . hardy and while a friend of wayne and have only work olo once in a feature film in over twenty year ( 1939 zenobia ) and and it take a lot of coax ( and stan laurel blessing ) and to get him to accept the role . and what a pleasure he be and to watch . wayne and hardy have a rich and warm chemistry and and the rotund comedian and with his infectious smile and georgia drawl and make even minor scene ( like swap recipe with ralston mother ) a joy . with a first rate support cast include philip dorn and hugo haas and wayne regular paul fix and jack pennick and and hank worden and and marie windsor ( who look eerily like john howard and in my opinion . ) and the fighting kentuckian be and despite the pan you will see in some of the review post and one of my favorite john wayne film . he be never more charming than you will find him and here .