Tulsa (1949)
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51% of users liked it
(328 ratings)
Tulsa was, in 1949, the most elaborate production released to date by the Eagle-Lion corporation-though all evidence, especially the technical credits, suggests that the film was put together at Universal-International, then merely distriibuted by Eagle-Lion (who made a fortune at the box office).… More Tulsa was, in 1949, the most elaborate production released to date by the Eagle-Lion corporation-though all evidence, especially the technical credits, suggests that the film was put together at Universal-International, then merely distriibuted by Eagle-Lion (who made a fortune at the box office). The film traces the matriculation of the sleepy Oklahoma village of Tulsa into a major oil center Susan Hayward stars as an amibitious cattleman's daughter who wishes to wreak vengeance on the encroaching oil interests but who becomes a "black gold" mogul herself. Robert Preston costars as a geologist who hopes to rescue his beloved Oklahoma from being utterly devastated by drilling and derricks. This being a late-1940s film, Greed runs a poor second to Good at film's end, with the oilmen and the conservations learning to work together rather than as bitter enemies. While the story is a good one, the true selling angle of Tulsa was its action sequences, notably a fire scene that must have cost as much as all the other Eagle-Lion releases of 1949 combined. Originally lensed in vibrant Techicolor, Tulsa is usually seen today in washed-out, two-color Public Domain prints. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Stuart Heisler
- Written By
- Frank S. Nugent, Curtis Kenyon
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 26, 1949 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Susan Hayward plays one of her typical tough, ambitious women in this romantic adventure, a chronicle of the emergence of Tulsa as the land of oil.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's at best an average American Dream story, told in a soap opera, cliché-ridden and glossy style.
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Cast
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Susan Hayward
as Cherokee Lansing
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Robert Preston
as Brad Brady
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Pedro Armendáriz
as Jim Redbird
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Lloyd Gough
as Bruce Tanner
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Chill Wills
as Pinky Jimpson
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Ed Begley Sr.
as "Crude Oil" Johnny Brady
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Jimmy Conlin
as Bruce Tanner
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Roland Jack
as Steve
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Harry Shannon
as Nelse Lansing
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Pierre Watkin
as Winters
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Lola Albright
as Candy Williams
- Charles D. Brown
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Paul E. Burns
as Tooley
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Lane Chandler
as Mr. Kelly
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Iron Eyes Cody
as The Osage Indian
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Joseph Crehan
as Judge McKay
- John Dehner
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Fred Graham
as Oil Worker
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Thomas Brown Henry
as Winslow
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Selmar Jackson
as Oilman
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Larry Keating
as Governor
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Nolan Leary
as Man with Newspaper
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Dick Wessel
as Joker
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Chief Yowlachie
as Charlie Lightfoot
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Tom Dugan
as Taxi Driver
