The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
28 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank SkinnerOriginal Music Composer
- Stuart HeislerDirector
- Frank S. NugentScreenplay
- Curtis KenyonScreenplay
Cast
- Susan HaywardCherokee Lansing
- Robert PrestonBrad Brady
- Pedro ArmendárizJim Redbird
- Lloyd GoughBruce Tanner
- Chill WillsPinky Jimpson (Narrator)
- Ed BegleyJohn J. 'Johnny' Brady (as Edward Begley)
- Jimmy ConlinHomer Triplette
- Roland JackSteve, Cherokee's Ranchhand
- Harry ShannonNelse Lansing
- Lola AlbrightCandy Williams (uncredited)
- Paul E. BurnsTooley (uncredited)
- John DehnerOilman (uncredited)
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Themes
oklahomapower takeoverbusiness womanbusiness ethicsrevengeoiloil industrydead fatheroil wellcattle baroncherokeewildcatter