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The Oklahoman

Name: The Oklahoman
Genre: Western
Released: 1957-05-19
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 5.8

★ 5,8 /10 (13 Votes)

1957 EN 80 min

Overview

After his wife dies in childbirth, a doctor settles down in the small Oklahoma town of Cherokee Wells to raise his newborn daughter. Unfortunately, not all the citizens there are hospitable, especially when the doctor hires a pretty Indian teenager as his child's nanny.

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19/05/1957

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Genres

Western

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

80 min

Joel McCrea

John

Barbara Hale

Anne

Brad Dexter

Dobie

Gloria Talbott

Maria Smith

Michael Pate

Charlie Smith

Verna Felton

Mrs. Waynebrook

Douglas Dick

Mel Dobie

Anthony Caruso

Jim Hawk

Esther Dale

Mrs. Fitzgerald

Adam Williams

Bob Randell

Ray Teal

Jason - Stableman

Peter J. Votrian

Little Charlie Smith

John Pickard

Marshal Bill

Mimi Gibson

Louise Brighton

I. Stanford Jolley

Storekeeper

Scotty Beckett

Messenger at Ranch

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Jennifer Lea

Girl

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The good doctor takes up the good fight! The Oklahoman is directed by Francis Lyon and written by Daniel Ullman. It stars Joel McCRea, Barbara Hale, Brad Dexter, Gloria Talbott, Michael Pate, Verna Felton and Douglas Dick. Music is by Hans Salter and cinematography by Carl Guthrie. After his wife dies during childbirth, Doctor John Brighton (McCrea) stops in the small Oklahoma town of Cherokee Wells to bury her. Deciding to stay there and start a practice, he comes to run afoul of the local bad boys fronted by the Dobie brothers (Dexter/Dick). A CinemaScope/De Luxe Color production, T…

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