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Tulsa

Tulsa (1949)

04/13/1949 (US)
01h 30m

Overview

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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Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward

Cherokee Lansing

Robert Preston

Robert Preston

Brad Brady

Lloyd Gough

Lloyd Gough

Bruce Tanner

Chill Wills

Chill Wills

Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)

Ed Begley

Ed Begley

John J. 'Johnny' Brady (as Edward Begley)

Jimmy Conlin

Jimmy Conlin

Homer Triplette

RJ

Roland Jack

Steve, Cherokee's Ranchhand

Harry Shannon

Harry Shannon

Nelse Lansing

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