In Old Oklahoma (War of the Wildcats) (1943)
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44% of users liked it
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In Old Oklahoma is better known today by its reissue title, War of the Wildcats. John Wayne heads the cast as oil man Dan Somers, who carries on a bitter feud with his crooked rival Hunk Gardner (Albert Dekker). Furthering the animosity between the two men is schoolteacher-turned-novelist Catherine… More In Old Oklahoma is better known today by its reissue title, War of the Wildcats. John Wayne heads the cast as oil man Dan Somers, who carries on a bitter feud with his crooked rival Hunk Gardner (Albert Dekker). Furthering the animosity between the two men is schoolteacher-turned-novelist Catherine Allen (Martha Scott), with whom both Dan and Hunk fall in love. The main story and the romantic second story both come to a head when Dan is offered a valuable contract if he can deliver an oil shipment within a specific deadline. Naturally, Hunk does everything he can to keep Dan from fulfilling his contract, resulting in a thrill-packed chase sequence that served as stock footage for many a future Republic western and serial. A pre-Roy Rogers Dale Evans costars as sexy dancehall chanteuse "Cuddles" Walker. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Albert S. Rogell
- Written By
- Thomson Burtis, Ethel Hill, Eleanore Griffin
- Genres
- Western, Classics
PG,
- In Theaters
- Dec 6, 1943 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Not much of a story, but John Wayne makes for a pleasant heroic figure.
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Cast
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John Wayne
as Dan Somers
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Martha Scott
as Catherine Allen
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Albert Dekker
as Jim Hunk Gardner
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George 'Gabby' Hayes
as Desprit Dan
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Marjorie Rambeau
as Bessie Baxter
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Dale Evans
as Cuddles Walker
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Grant Withers
as Richardson
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Sidney Blackmer
as Theodore Roosevelt
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Paul Fix
as The Cherokee Kid
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Cecil Cunningham
as Mrs. Ames
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Irving Bacon
as Ben telegraph operator
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Byron Foulger
as Wilkins
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Richard Graham
as Walter
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Stanley Andrews
as Mason
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Charles Arnt
as Joe
- Hooper Atchley
- Roy Barcroft
- Linda Brent
- George Chandler
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Lane Chandler
as Man on train
- Wade Crosby
- William B. Davidson
- Curley Dresden
- Kenne Duncan
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Rhonda Fleming
as Bit Part
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Edward Gargan
as Kelsey
- Bud Geary
- Fred Graham
- Pat Hogan
- Jack Kirk
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Arthur Loft
as Other Men on the Train
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Tom London
as Tom
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LeRoy Mason
as Man on train
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Anne O'Neal
as Mrs. Peabody
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Dick Rich
as Man on train
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Harry Shannon
as Charlie Witherspoon
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Emmett Vogan
as Roosevelt's aide
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Charles "Slim" Whitaker
as Man on train
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Will Wright
as Doctor
- Yakima Canutt
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Robert Warwick
as Big Tree
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Harry Woods
as Al Dalton
- Jess Cavan
- Shirley Jean Rickert
