The Oklahoman

The Oklahoman

🎞️ Movie 80 min US
โ˜… 6.4 /10 1957

That Ramrod Guy From Whichita is Bullet-Hot as the Greatest Plainsman of Them All !

In 1870, Dr. John Brighton and his wife Louise are on a wagon train heading for California.When they reach Oklahoma Territory, Louise dies during childbirth but her baby girl survives. Louise is buried in the nearby town of Cherokee Wells where her distraught husband decides to remain and practice medicine. He receives room and board from elderly widow Mrs. Fitzgerald, who also offers to help rear Dr.Brighton's child. Despite the town being a peaceful one, wealthy rancher Cass Dobie and his brother Mel stir up trouble in an attempt to control the town.When the two brothers don't like a rival businessman they try to force him out of business.Dobie, has secretly discovered oil on the land of his Indian neighbor, Charlie Smith. Oil is a relatively new commodity and few people know what it looks like or what it's worth. Cass Dobie offers to buy Charlie's land but when Charlie refuses to sell, Dobie threatens him. A dangerous feud between the Dobie brothers and Indian Charlie Smith begins.Normally a neutral person, Dr. John Brighton finds himself involved in this feud with possible tragic consequences for all involved in it.

Cast

Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea
John
Barbara Hale
Barbara Hale
Anne
Brad Dexter
Brad Dexter
Dobie
Gloria Talbott
Gloria Talbott
Maria
Michael Pate
Michael Pate
Charlie
Verna Felton
Verna Felton
Mrs. Waynebrook
Douglas Dick
Douglas Dick
Mel
Anthony Caruso
Anthony Caruso
Hawk
Esther Dale
Esther Dale
Mrs. Fitzgerald
Adam Williams
Adam Williams
Randell
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Hans J. Salter
Composer
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Carl E. Guthrie
Cinematographer

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