Tulsa

6.1
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 90 min
  • Premiere: 1949. April 13.

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.

Discover

Susan Hayward

Cherokee Lansing

Robert Preston

Brad Brady

Pedro Armendáriz

Jim Redbird

Lloyd Gough

Bruce Tanner

Chill Wills

Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)

Ed Begley

John J. 'Johnny' Brady (as Edward Begley)

Jimmy Conlin

Homer Triplette

Roland Jack

Steve, Cherokee's Ranchhand

Harry Shannon

Nelse Lansing

Lola Albright

Candy Williams (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Tooley (uncredited)

John Dehner

Oilman (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

Party Guest (uncredited)

Fred Graham

Charlie - Cherokee's Foreman (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Doorman at Gambling Emporium (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

Oilman (uncredited)

Larry Keating

Bit Part (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Moving Man (uncredited)

Roger Moore

Oilman (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Firefighter (uncredited)

Jay Silverheels

Creek Indian (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

Joker (uncredited)

Art

Armor Marlowe

Set Decoration

Al Orenbach

Set Decoration

Nathan Juran

Art Direction

Camera

Winton C. Hoch

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Herschel McCoy

Costume Design

Directing

Howard W. Koch

Assistant Director

Stuart Heisler

Director

Editing

Production

Walter Wanger

Producer

Edward Lasker

Associate Producer

Owen McLean

Casting

Sound

Frank Skinner

Original Music Composer

Writing

Curtis Kenyon

Screenplay

Frank S. Nugent

Screenplay

Art

Armor Marlowe

Set Decoration

Al Orenbach

Set Decoration

Nathan Juran

Art Direction

Camera

Winton C. Hoch

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Herschel McCoy

Costume Design

Directing

Howard W. Koch

Assistant Director

Stuart Heisler

Director

Editing

Production

Walter Wanger

Producer

Edward Lasker

Associate Producer

Owen McLean

Casting

Sound

Frank Skinner

Original Music Composer

Writing

Curtis Kenyon

Screenplay

Frank S. Nugent

Screenplay