The read
Scores higher than 82% of the 173 1950s western movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
There's a box social coming up, and Curly asks Laurey if she'll be his date. Trouble is, Laurey thinks he's waited too long, and in a fit of pique accepts an offer from the boorish ranch hand Jud instead. Meanwhile, Laurey's friend Ado Annie is also torn between two men: cowboy Will and foreign peddler Ali Hakim. Both women struggle to know their own hearts before it's too late.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic74/100
196 audience votes
Key crew
- Fred ZinnemannDirector
- Sonya LevienScreenplay
- William LudwigScreenplay
- Richard RodgersOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gordon MacRaeCurly McLain
- Shirley JonesLaurey Williams
- Gloria GrahameAdo Annie Carnes
- Charlotte GreenwoodAunt Eller
- Eddie AlbertAli Hakim
- Rod SteigerJud Fry
- Jay C. FlippenSkidmore
- James WhitmoreMr. Carnes
- Gene NelsonWill Parker
- Barbara LawrenceGertie
- Roy BarcroftMarshal
- James MitchellDream Curly / Dancer
Stills
Movies like Oklahoma!
Themes
horseback ridingoklahomaranchmusicalbased on play or musicalfrontierpeddlershivareestatehoodsmokehouseunspoken loveturn of the century