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Tulsa

Tulsa

Tempestuous loves! Lusty adventures! Violent hates!

19496.31h 30m

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.

Directed by Stuart Heisler
Written by Frank S. Nugent, Curtis Kenyon, Richard Wormser
Produced by Walter Wanger
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Top Cast

Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward

Cherokee Lansing

Robert Preston

Robert Preston

Brad Brady

Pedro Armendáriz

Pedro Armendáriz

Jim Redbird

Lloyd Gough

Lloyd Gough

Bruce Tanner

Chill Wills

Chill Wills

Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)

Ed Begley

Ed Begley

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

Jimmy Conlin

Jimmy Conlin

Homer Triplette

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Roland Jack

Steve, Cherokee's Ranchhand

Harry Shannon

Harry Shannon

Nelse Lansing

Lola Albright

Lola Albright

Candy Williams (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

oklahomapower takeoverbusiness womanbusiness ethicsrevengeoiloil industrydead fatheroil wellcattle baroncherokeewildcatteroil fieldtulsa, oklahomaland rightsoil boomgreedy womanlust for powerland preservationnature and conservationinterracial womanoil well firelust for wealth

About Tulsa

Tulsa is a drama film released in 1949 exploring themes of oklahoma, power takeover, business woman, business ethics, revenge, oil. Directed by Stuart Heisler, it stars Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz. 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.

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