Tulsa (1949)

04/13/1949 (US) • 1h 30m

Drama

Tempestuous loves! Lusty adventures! Violent hates!

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.

Top Billed Cast

Susan Hayward

Cherokee Lansing

Robert Preston

Brad Brady

Lloyd Gough

Bruce Tanner

Chill Wills

Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)

Ed Begley

John J. 'Johnny' Brady (as Edward Begley)

Jimmy Conlin

Homer Triplette

Roland Jack

Steve, Cherokee's Ranchhand

Harry Shannon

Nelse Lansing


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

oklahoma

power takeover

business woman

business ethics

revenge

oil

oil industry

dead father

oil well

cattle baron

cherokee

wildcatter

oil field

tulsa, oklahoma

land rights

oil boom

greedy woman

lust for power

land preservation

nature and conservation

interracial woman

oil well fire

lust for wealth

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