Tulsa (1949)
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.
Director:
Stuart Heisler
Writers:
Curtis Kenyon, Frank S. Nugent.
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Susan Hayward as Cherokee Lansing |
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Robert Preston as Brad Brady |
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Pedro Armendáriz as Jim Redbird |
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Lloyd Gough as Bruce Tanner |
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Chill Wills as Pinky Jimpson (Narrator) |
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Ed Begley as John J. 'Johnny' Brady (as Edward Begley) |
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Jimmy Conlin as Homer Triplette |
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Roland Jack as Steve, Cherokee's Ranchhand |
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Harry Shannon as Nelse Lansing |
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Lola Albright as Candy Williams (uncredited) |
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Paul E. Burns as Tooley (uncredited) |
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John Dehner as Oilman (uncredited) |
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Dick Gordon as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Fred Graham as Charlie - Cherokee's Foreman (uncredited) |
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Frank Hagney as Doorman at Gambling Emporium (uncredited) |
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Selmer Jackson as Oilman (uncredited) |
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Larry Keating as Bit Part (uncredited) |
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Frank Mills as Moving Man (uncredited) |
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Roger Moore as Oilman (uncredited) |
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Charles Sherlock as Firefighter (uncredited) |
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Jay Silverheels as Creek Indian (uncredited) |
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Dick Wessel as Joker (uncredited) |
| Directing | Howard W. Koch | Assistant Director |
| Production | Walter Wanger | Producer |
| Production | Edward Lasker | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Winton C. Hoch | Director of Photography |
| Art | Armor Marlowe | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Al Orenbach | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Howard Fogetti | Sound |
| Editing | Terry O. Morse | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Herschel McCoy | Costume Design |
| Production | Owen McLean | Casting |
| Art | Nathan Juran | Art Direction |
| Directing | Stuart Heisler | Director |
| Writing | Curtis Kenyon | Screenplay |
| Writing | Richard Wormser | Story |
| Writing | Frank S. Nugent | Screenplay |
| Camera | Charles Rose | Grip |