Oklahoma! (1955)

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G
2h 25min
Drama, Musical
23 Nov 1956 (Austria)
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In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.

Director:

Fred Zinnemann

Writers:

Stars:

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations.
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	Gordon MacRae	...	Curly
	Gloria Grahame	...	Ado Annie
	Gene Nelson	...	Will Parker
	Charlotte Greenwood	...	Aunt Eller
	Shirley Jones	...	Laurey
	Eddie Albert	...	Ali Hakim
	James Whitmore	...	Mr. Carnes
	Rod Steiger	...	Jud Fry
	Barbara Lawrence	...	Gertie
	Jay C. Flippen	...	Skidmore
	Roy Barcroft	...	Marshal
	James Mitchell	...	Dream Curly
	Bambi Linn	...	Dream Laurey
	Jennie Workman	...	Dancer
	Virginia Bosler	...	Dancer
	Kelly Brown	...	Dancer
	Evelyn Taylor	...	Dancer
	Lizanne Truex	...	Dancer
	Jane Fischer	...	Dancer
	Marc Platt	...	Dancer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Chad Dee Block	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Bob Calder	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Beth Carter	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Bill Chatham	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Robert Cole	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Jerry Dealey	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Al Ferguson	...	Cowboy at Auction (uncredited)
	Joanne Genthon	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Jerry Glenn	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Stanley Hall	...	Dancer in Dream Ballet (uncredited)
	Fred Hansen	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Loren Hightower	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Ben Johnson	...	Wrangler (uncredited)
	Ray Jones	...	Cowboy at Auction (uncredited)
	Maurice Kelly	...	Man at Train Station (uncredited)
	Donald Kerr	...	Farmer at Dance (uncredited)
	Nancy Kilgas	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Ethan Laidlaw	...	Cowboy at Auction (uncredited)
	Richard Landry	...	Man at Train Station (uncredited)
	Carey Leverette	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Rory Mallinson	...	Cowboy at Auction (uncredited)
	Gloria Moore	...	Girl at Orchard (uncredited)
	Raimonda Orselli	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Bob Petrovich	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Jim Reeves	...	Cowboy at Auction (uncredited)
	Cecile Rogers	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Buddy Roosevelt	...	Cowboy at Auction (uncredited)
	Jerry Rush	...	Man at Train Station (uncredited)
	Russell Simpson	...	The Minister (uncredited)
	Felix Smith	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Dolores Starr	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Jack Tygett	...	Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Fred Zinnemann

Written by

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Oscar Hammerstein II	...	(book of stage musical)

Sonya Levien	...	(screen play) and
William Ludwig	...	(screen play)

Rodgers and Hammerstein	...	(adapted from musical play by)

Lynn Riggs	...	(dramatic play)

Produced by

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Oscar Hammerstein II	...	executive producer (uncredited)
Arthur Hornblow Jr.	...	producer
Richard Rodgers	...	executive producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Richard Rodgers

Cinematography by

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Robert Surtees

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director of photography

Editing by

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George Boemler
Gene Ruggiero	...	(uncredited)

Editorial Department

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Alvord Eiseman	...	color consultant
Howard Epstein	...	assistant editor (uncredited)
Don Tomlinson	...	assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Jack Friedkin	...	(uncredited)
William Maybery	...	(uncredited)
Ted Stanhope	...	(uncredited)

Production Design by

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Oliver Smith

Art Direction by

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Joseph C. Wright

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(as Joseph Wright)

Set Decoration by

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F. Keogh Gleason

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(as Keogh Gleason)

Costume Design by

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Sophie Devine	...	(as Motley)
Orry-Kelly
Charles Arrico	...	(uncredited)

Makeup Department

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Ben Lane	...	makeup artist
Annabell Levy	...	hair stylist (as Annabell)
Ben Nye	...	makeup artist (uncredited)
Donald W. Roberson	...	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Norman A. Cook	...	unit production manager (uncredited)
Percy Ikerd	...	production manager (uncredited)
Samuel Lambert	...	unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Arthur S. Black Jr.	...	assistant director (as Arthur Black Jr.)
Milton Carter	...	assistant director (uncredited)
James Curtis Havens	...	second unit director (uncredited)
Russ Haverick	...	assistant director (uncredited)
Howard Joslin	...	assistant director (uncredited)
Edward F. Mull	...	assistant director (uncredited)
Robert E. Relyea	...	second assistant director (uncredited)
Jack Voglin	...	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Frank Wesselhoff	...	painter (uncredited)
Will Williams	...	movie poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Fred Hynes	...	sound supervisor
Joe Edmondson	...	sound mixer (uncredited)
C.J. 'Mickey' Emerson	...	sound recordist (uncredited)
Joseph I. Kane	...	dubbing (uncredited)
Kendrick Kinney	...	sound editor (uncredited)
John Lipow	...	sound editor (uncredited)
John Logan	...	sound editor (uncredited)
Milo B. Lory	...	sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Paul Morrell

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optical effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Ben Johnson	...	stunt double (uncredited)
Shirley Lucas	...	stunt double: Shirley Jones (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Schuyler Crail	...	still photographer (uncredited)
Floyd Crosby	...	second unit photographer (uncredited)
Bob Gilbreath	...	pilot: aerial camera helicopter (uncredited)
Bobby Moreno	...	camera operator (uncredited)
Al St. Hilaire	...	still photographer: second unit (uncredited)
John M. Stephens	...	assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Frank Beetson Jr.	...	wardrobe (as Frank Beetson)
Ann Peck	...	wardrobe
Joan Joseff	...	costume jeweller (uncredited)

Location Management

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Ralph M. Leo

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location auditor (uncredited)

Music Department

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Robert Russell Bennett	...	musical arranger
Jay Blackton	...	conductor / music supervisor
Adolph Deutsch	...	adaptor: background music / conductor: background music
Oscar Hammerstein II	...	songwriter: lyrics
Robert Helfer	...	music coordinator
Richard Rodgers	...	songwriter: music
Ralph Avseev	...	music editor (uncredited)
Robert Russell Bennett	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Charles Clement	...	music editor: soundtrack album (uncredited)
Alexander Courage	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa	...	musician: french horn (uncredited)
Ralph Ives	...	music editor (uncredited)
Richard Melfer	...	music coordinator (uncredited)
Albert Sendrey	...	orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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John Dutton

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script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Agnes de Mille	...	dances staged by
John Fearnley	...	production aide
Rodgers and Hammerstein	...	presenter (as Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Justus Addiss	...	dialogue coach (uncredited)
Barney Briskin	...	production executive (uncredited)
John Emerson	...	production assistant (uncredited)
Larry Glickman	...	title designer (uncredited)
Bella Lewitzky	...	choreographer's assistant (uncredited)
Hank Moonjean	...	dance crew unit (uncredited)
Schuyler A. Sanford	...	technician: Todd-AO (uncredited)
H. Thomas Wood	...	unit publicist (uncredited)

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Production Companies

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Distributors

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Magna Theatre Corporation (1955) (United States) (theatrical) (Todd-AO version) (A Magna Release)
RKO Radio Pictures (1955) (United States) (theatrical) (as R K O Radio Pictures) (35mm CinemaScope version)
Twentieth Century Fox (1956) (United States) (theatrical) (35mm CinemaScope version)
Rank Film (1956) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
RKO Radio Pictures (1956) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
RKO Radio Films A/S (1957) (Norway) (theatrical)
RKO Radio Films (1957) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Film AB Corona (1967) (Sweden) (theatrical)
CBS (1970) (United States) (tv)
MGM/CBS Home Video (1981) (United States) (video) (CED VideoDisc)
The Samuel Goldwyn Company (1982) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
The Samuel Goldwyn Company (1983) (United States) (tv) (pan/scan)
CBS/Fox Home Video (1984) (Australia) (video)
CBS/Fox (1994) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
Fox Video (Germany) (VHS)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1999) (United States) (DVD)
Park Circus (2006) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (re-release)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Disney+ (2021) (United States) (video) (VOD)
The Criterion Channel (2023) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
Samuel Goldwyn Films (2023) (World-wide) (Blu-ray)
Samuel Goldwyn Films (2023) (World-wide) (video) (VOD)

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Other Companies

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Theatre Guild (originally produced on the stage by)
Western Electric (sound system)
American Optical Company (developed by: Todd-AO) (Todd-AO version)
Capitol Records (soundtrack)
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under jurisdiction of: affiliated with A.F. of L.)
Pacific Title and Art Studio (title design)

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Plot Summary	In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love. Written by Scott Lane Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	national-film-registry song-in-title place-name-in-title place-in-title exclamation-point-in-title See All (93) »
Taglines	Complete...Intact...with Every Scene...Every Song! (general release CinemaScope version) See more »
Genres	Drama Musical Romance Western
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:Atp Australia:G Brazil:Livre Canada:PG (Manitoba) Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) Canada:F (Ontario) Finland:K-12 France:Tous publics Italy:T Japan:G Netherlands:14 New Zealand:G Norway:A Sweden:15 Sweden:Btl United Kingdom:U United Kingdom:U (video rating) United States:G United States:Passed (National Board of Review) United States:Approved West Germany:12

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Also Known As	Oklahoma (India, English title) Oklahoma (Spain) Oklahoma (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbian title) Oklahoma (Greece) Oklahoma (Austria) See more »
Runtime	145 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Color	Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio	2.20 : 1 (70 mm version) See more »
Sound Mix	4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Sound System) (CinemaScope version) (35 mm magnetic prints)
Filming Locations	Elgin, Arizona, USA See more »

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$5,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia	Tone-deaf Gloria Grahame sang without dubbing. Her songs had to be edited together from recordings made almost literally note by note. See more »
Goofs	When the words "The End" appear a square section of the sky/clouds directly behind "The" suddenly moves upward. However, It is fixed in the Blu-ray release. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Introduction (1977). See more »
Soundtracks	Overture See more »
Quotes	Ali Hakim: I wanted to marry her when I saw the moonlight shining on the barrel of her father's shotgun. See more »

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