The Oklahoman
Summary:
Joel McCrea stars in this leisurely paced Western from Allied Artists (formerly Monogram) originally released in Cinemascope. Having lost his wife in childbirth en route to California, Dr. John Brighton (McCrea) builds a new home for himself and his baby daughter in an Oklahoma backwater town, lodging with kindhearted Mrs. Fitzgerald (Esther Dale). As the town gro... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Joel McCrea - (Dr. John Brighton)
Barbara Hale - (Anne Barnes)
Brad Dexter - (Cass Dobie)
Gloria Talbott - (Maria Smith)
Verna Felton - (Mrs. Waynebrook)
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Review:
Although clearly low-budget, Allied Artists lavished both Cinemascope and DeLuxe color on this somewhat verbose Western that borrowed plot number five from the catalogue of B-Western writing: the discovery by the villain of oil (gold, water, borax, et. al) on the property belonging to a lowly Indian (settler, nester, homesteader, etc.). Ha... Continue >>
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