Tulsa (1949)

  • NR
  • 04/13/1949 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 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.

Stuart Heisler

Director

Frank S. Nugent

Screenplay

Curtis Kenyon

Screenplay

Richard Wormser

Story

Cast

Susan Hayward's headshot

Susan Hayward

Cherokee Lansing
Robert Preston's headshot

Robert Preston

Brad Brady
Pedro Armendáriz's headshot

Pedro Armendáriz

Jim Redbird
Lloyd Gough's headshot

Lloyd Gough

Bruce Tanner
Chill Wills's headshot

Chill Wills

Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)
Ed Begley's headshot

Ed Begley

John J. 'Johnny' Brady (as Edward Begley)
Jimmy Conlin's headshot

Jimmy Conlin

Homer Triplette
Roland Jack's headshot

Roland Jack

Steve, Cherokee's Ranchhand

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