Tulsa (1949)

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... See full summary »

Director:

Stuart Heisler

Writers:

Frank S. Nugent (screenplay), Curtis Kenyon (screenplay),

Stars:

Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz

Nominated for 1 Oscar.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
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

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

oil | revenge | oklahoma | place name in title | cattle | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 May 1949 (USA)

Also Known As:

Erde in Flammen

Filming Locations:

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walter Wanger Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Although the bulk of the story takes place in the early to mid-1920's, all of Susan Hayward's and Lola Albright's hairstyles and clothing, as well as those of the other female members of the cast, are strictly 1948.

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Quotes

Jim Redbird: [to Cherry Lansing] I don't think your father would like to see you smeared with oil!

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Connections

Featured in Keepers of the Frame (1999)

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Soundtracks

"TULSA"
Written by Allie Wrubel, Mort Greene
Performed by Chill Wills

User Reviews

Fantastic 1949 Film

This film took me by complete surprise with great acting by veteran actors, Susan Hayward, (Cherokee Lansing) and Robert Preston, (Brad Brady). The film starts out with Cherokee and her father who raise cattle on their ranches in Tulsa, Oklahoma and one day they find all their cattle dying along a stream of water and as they smell the water, they realize the oil refining business was contaminating the soil and killing the cattle. Cherokee goes with her father to tell them about what their oil business is doing to their cattle and while they are talking, an oil structure struck oil and a large part of a building fell on her father and killed him. It was from this point in the film when Cherokee Lansing decided to get revenge for her father's death and declares war on the oil men and their owners. There is plenty of action and even some romance. There is great photography of a fire burning through an oil field and people risking their lives in order to save their oil fields and friends and family.