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Tulsa

Tempestuous loves! Lusty adventures! Violent hates!
Apr 13, 1949 · 1h 30m
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Drama

PLOT

It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in a fight with the Tanner Oil Company. Cherokee plans revenge by bringing in her own wells with the help of oil expert Brad Brady and childhood friend Jim Redbird. When the oil and the money start gushing in, both Brad and Jim want to protect the land but Cherokee has different ideas. What started out as revenge for her father's death has turned into an obsession for wealth and power.

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CAST

Susan Hayward
Cherokee Lansing
Robert Preston
Brad Brady
Pedro Armendáriz
Jim Redbird
Lloyd Gough
Bruce Tanner
Chill Wills
Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)
Ed Begley
John J. 'Johnny' Brady (as Edward Begley)
Jimmy Conlin
Homer Triplette
Roland Jack
Steve, Cherokee's Ranchhand
Directed by Stuart Heisler

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Eagle-Lion Films
Country
US

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