1949
6.1 (22 votes)
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Eagle-Lion Films
Tulsa
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Walter Wanger
Director of Photography: Winton C. Hoch
Director: Stuart Heisler
Screenplay: Curtis Kenyon, Frank S. Nugent
Story: Richard Wormser
