Overview:
It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in a fight with the Tanner Oil Company. Cherokee plans revenge by bringing in her own wells with the help of oil expert Brad Brady and childhood friend Jim Redbird. When the oil and the money start gushing in, both Brad and Jim want to protect the land but Cherokee has different ideas. What started out as revenge for her father's death has turned into an obsession for wealth and power.| Status: | Released (1949-04-13) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total |
| Screen: | Frank S. Nugent, Curtis Kenyon, Richard Wormser |
| Productions: | Eagle-Lion Films |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 30124: Susan Hayward - Cherokee Lansing
- 40202: Robert Preston - Brad Brady
- 96973: Pedro Armendáriz - Jim Redbird
- 8633: Lloyd Gough - Bruce Tanner
- 14001: Chill Wills - Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)
- 39816: Ed Begley - John J. 'Johnny' Brady (as Edward Begley)
- 89672: Jimmy Conlin - Homer Triplette
Crews
- 3428: Howard W. Koch - Assistant Director - Directing
- 7646: Walter Wanger - Producer - Production
- 66784: Edward Lasker - Associate Producer - Production
- 22085: Winton C. Hoch - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1320496: Armor Marlowe - Set Decoration - Art
- 30104: Frank Skinner - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 1188593: Al Orenbach - Set Decoration - Art
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Reviews
John Chard
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Seynatawnee means Red Hair, but to him it means Boss! Tulsa is directed by Stuart Heisler and adapted to screenplay by Frank S. Nugent and Curtis Kenyon from a Richard Wormser story. It stars Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz, Lloyd Gough and Ed Begley. Music is by F ....
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This has a slightly incongruous conservation slant to it as it follows the battle between the oil drillers and the local, largely indigenous, Oklahoman farmers. Now forgetting the terrible song at the start from "Pinky" (Chill Wills) - who provides us with the optimistic narration; w ....
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