The Sons of Katie Elder

The four adult sons of Katie Elder – John (Wayne), who is a famous (or infamous) professional gunman; Tom (Martin), a professional gambler; Bud (Michael Anderson, Jr.), the youngest brother, in his first year at mining college; and Matt (Earl Holliman), an unsuccessful hardware dealer – reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas, (107 miles east of Dallas in northeast Texas), in 1898 for their mother's funeral, sharing regret that none of them have lived up to her high expectations of them.