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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 002

Tulsa

194990 minUnited States
RomanceWestern
Video edition
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Original language
English
This copy runs
87:42
Subtitles
English

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Synopsis

After an oil-field disaster kills her father, Cherokee Lansing sets out to challenge the company responsible. Her own wells bring success, but revenge begins to turn into a hunger for power. A geologist and a childhood friend push her to consider what the boom is doing to the land and to the people around her.

Cast

DirectorsStuart Heisler

Historical context

Oil wealth is both the attraction and the danger in this Oklahoma story. The drama links personal ambition to conservation, making the consequences of extraction part of its romantic and industrial spectacle.

Reception and legacy

Its commercial life was less triumphant than its expansive production suggests: the film's recorded earnings did not cover its costs. That contrast between lavish spectacle and financial disappointment is part of its place in postwar Hollywood.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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