TMDb Rating
6.3/10
24 verified votes
Tulsa (1949)
Drama
90 min
"Tempestuous loves! Lusty adventures! Violent hates!"
Plot Summary
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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Keywords to include
DramaStuart HeislerSusan HaywardRobert Preston1949
Director
Stuart Heisler
Top Cast
Susan HaywardRobert PrestonPedro ArmendárizLloyd GoughChill Wills
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