The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)

When the Daltons are killed at Coffeeville, gang member Bill Doolin arriving late escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the leader of the Doolin gang. He eventually ... See full summary »

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Writer:

Kenneth Gamet

Stars:

Randolph Scott, George Macready, Louise Allbritton

Cast

Credited cast:
Randolph Scott	...	Bill Doolin / Bill Daley
George Macready	...	Marshal Sam Hughes
Louise Allbritton	...	Rose of Cimarron
John Ireland	...	Bitter Creek
Virginia Huston	...	Elaine Burton
Charles Kemper	...	Thomas 'Arkansas' Jones
Noah Beery Jr.	...	Little Bill
Dona Drake	...	Cattle Annie
Robert Barrat	...	Marshal Heck Thomas (as Robert H. Barrat)
Lee Patrick	...	Melissa Price
Griff Barnett	...	Deacon Burton
Frank Fenton	...	Red Buck
Jock Mahoney	...	Tulsa Jack Blake (as Jack O'Mahoney)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eddie Dunn	...	Engineer (scenes deleted)

Storyline

When the Daltons are killed at Coffeeville, gang member Bill Doolin arriving late escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the leader of the Doolin gang. He eventually leaves the gang and tries to start a new life under a new name. But the old gang members appear and his true identity becomes known. So once again he becomes an outlaw trying to escape from the law.

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Plot Keywords:

old west | violence | street shootout | quick draw | gunfight | 

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 May 1949 (USA)

Also Known As:

Banditen am Scheideweg

Filming Locations:

Janss Conejo Ranch, Thousand Oaks, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Producers-Actors Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Epilogue: And so ended the Doolin Gang. The trails they rode were of their own choosing.

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Connections

Features The Desperadoes (1943)

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Soundtracks

"The Arkansas Traveler"
(uncredited)
Traditional

User Reviews

Familiar western yarn has Randolph Scott trying to reform...

The big switch in THE DOOLINS OF OKLAHOMA is that GEORGE MACREADY is on the side of the law as a U.S. Marshall, while RANDOLPH SCOTT strays far from the heroic cowboy image he played in so many previous westerns.

He's a hunted man, a fugitive wanted for murder during the era of the Dalton Brothers--and rightly concerned about his survival. As Bill Doolin, he forms his own gang of robbers. On the lam from some pursuers, he enters a church during service and meets a family of church-goers, falling in love with the deacon's daughter. Soon he has a farm, is married to the young lady (VIRGINIA HOUSTON) and wants to go straight and put the past behind him. That is, until his old friends from the Doolin gang show up in town and have other ideas.

When his wife learns his real identity, he rides off to rejoin the gang after a talk with her deacon father (GRIFF BARNETT). The western takes a darker turn, the action gets grittier, and the gang members--including NOAH BEERY, JR., JOHN IRELAND and JOCK MAHONEY--have a little more to do, including some energetic fight scenes well directed by Gordon Douglas.

With a good background score by George Duning, it's a better than average western with Scott in fine form as the ambiguous anti-hero.