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Cimarron

Name: Cimarron
Genre: Western, Drama
Released: 1931-01-26
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 5.567

★ 5,6 /10 (149 Votes)

1931 EN 123 min

Overview

When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.

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Release date

26/01/1931

Votes

149

Popularity

1.8

Terrific as all creation!

Genres

Western Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

123 min

Budget

$1,433,000

Revenue

$1,383,000

Richard Dix

Yancey Cravat

Irene Dunne

Sabra Cravat

Estelle Taylor

Dixie Lee

Nance O'Neil

Felice Venable

William Collier Jr.

The Kid

Roscoe Ates

Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)

George E. Stone

Sol Levy

Stanley Fields

Les Yountis

Robert McWade

Louis Hefner

Edna May Oliver

Mrs. Tracy Wyatt

Judith Barrett

Donna Cravat (as Nancy Dover)

Eugene Jackson

Isaiah

Max Barwyn

Sabra's Luncheon Greeter (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

(uncredited)

Edith Fellows

(uncredited)

Otto Hoffman

Murch Rankin (uncredited)

William Janney

Man Phoning Ambulance (uncredited)

Bob Kortman

Killer (uncredited)

Frank Lackteen

Man Warning Yountis (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

(uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

(uncredited)

Helen Parrish

Young Donna (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale

(uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Dancer at Ball

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Hank Potts

Stunts (uncredited)

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I know this gets VERY maligned these days as one of the very worst winners ever of the Best Picture Oscar, especially considering 'The Front Page' was the definitive best of those nominated that year, at the 4th Academy Awards ceremony (and that great films such as 'City Lights', 'Morocco' and 'Frankenstein' didn't even get nominated), but if you can take away Richard Dix's horrible overacting (I can't believe he was even nominated for Best Actor that year!) and uneven, sometimes lethargic or indifferent pacing and direction, certain scenes really pack a wallop, I'm glad that I watched it, and…

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