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Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes52%
Metacritic70/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
156 audience votes
Key crew
- Wesley RugglesDirector
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- Howard EstabrookWriter
Cast
- Richard DixYancey Cravat
- Irene DunneSabra Cravat
- Estelle TaylorDixie Lee
- Nance O'NeilFelice Venable
- William Collier Jr.The Kid
- Roscoe AtesJesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
- George E. StoneSol Levy
- Stanley FieldsLes Yountis
- Robert McWadeLouis Hefner
- Edna May OliverMrs. Tracy Wyatt
- Judith BarrettDonna Cravat (as Nancy Dover)
- Eugene JacksonIsaiah
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Themes
newspapergunslingerindian territoryoklahomafamily historyfrontierblack and whitenewspaper editorpre-codeland graboil rig land rush