Tulsa (1949)

6.4/10 90 min Drama

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.

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

Harry Shannon

Nelse Lansing

Lola Albright

Candy Williams (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Tooley (uncredited)

John Dehner

Oilman (uncredited)

Fred Graham

Charlie - Cherokee's Foreman (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Doorman at Gambling Emporium (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

Oilman (uncredited)

Larry Keating

Bit Part (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Moving Man (uncredited)

Roger Moore

Oilman (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Firefighter (uncredited)

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