Tulsa
Tempestuous loves! Lusty adventures! Violent hates!
1949 • 90 min • Drama
Synopsis
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.
Our family guide
Best from age 10- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 67%
- 64 Audience · 26 · 33%
Cherokee Lansing seeks revenge for her father's death by challenging Tanner Oil, but her pursuit of wealth in the booming Oklahoma oil fields soon overshadows her original goal. As she becomes obsessed with power, her relationships with allies Brad Brady and Jim Redbird are tested, raising questions about ambition and environmental responsibility.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 2/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 2/10
Heads up
- Discussions about environmental damage
- Depicts historical attitudes towards indigenous people
What it models well
- The importance of environmental protection
- Resisting the corrupting influence of greed
- Taking responsibility for one's actions
Talk about it after
- How ambition can change a person's values
- The historical impact of the oil industry
- The conflict between progress and environmental care
Written by the Movie Knight editorial team for Tulsa. Our own words, our own scoring — always double-check against your family's standards.
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Top billed cast
Director: Stuart Heisler • Crew: Curtis Kenyon, Richard Wormser, Frank S. Nugent
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
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Roland Jack
Steve, Cherokee's Ranchhand
Harry Shannon
Nelse Lansing
Lola Albright
Candy Williams (uncredited)
Trailers & clips
Rare 1949 Parade of Hollywood Movie Stars to Promote Motion Picture Tulsa
Reviewer notes
RecommendedThis has a slightly incongruous conservation slant to it as it follows the battle between the oil drillers and the local, largely indigenous, Oklahoman farmers. Now forgetting the terrible song at the start from "Pinky" (Chill Wills) - who provides us with the optimistic narration; we are introduced to the honorable "Cherokee" (Susan Hayward) who is after compensation when her father is killed by flying debris fro...
RecommendedSeynatawnee means Red Hair, but to him it means Boss! Tulsa is directed by Stuart Heisler and adapted to screenplay by Frank S. Nugent and Curtis Kenyon from a Richard Wormser story. It stars Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz, Lloyd Gough and Ed Begley. Music is by Frank Skinner and cinematography by Winton C. Hoch. It's Tulsa at the start of the oil boom and when Cherokee Lansing's (Hayward) r...
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