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Director
  
Albert S. Rogell

Music director
  
Walter Scharf

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Western

Story by
  
Thomson Burtis

Language
  
English

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Writer
  
Ethel Hill
,
Eleanore Griffin

Release date
  
December 6, 1943 (1943-12-06)

Cast
  
John Wayne
(Daniel F Somers),
Martha Scott
(Catherine Elizabeth Allen),
Albert Dekker
(Jim 'Hunk' Gardner (president, Gardner Oil Co.)),
George 'Gabby' Hayes
(Despirit Dean (stage driver)),
Marjorie Rambeau
(Bessie Baxter (hotel proprietor)),
Dale Evans
(Cuddles Walker (dance-hall singer))

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In Old Oklahoma (reissued as War of the Wildcats) is a 1943 American Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell starring John Wayne and Martha Scott. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture and the other for Sound Recording (Daniel J. Bloomberg).

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Plot

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Eastern school teacher Catherine Allen becomes notorious in 1906 when it is learned that she has authored a romance novel. She decides to move West and begin a new life.

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On the train, oil man Jim Gardner makes a pass at her. Catherine asks a cowboy, Dan Somers, to sit nearby as a safety measure. Both are on their way to Oklahoma, with stagecoach driver Despirit Dean tagging along with his friend Dan.

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Many people in Sapulpa are upset with Jim's business tactics. A farmer feels he was paid too little for his property after Jim discovers oil there. Jim is furious when Dan strongly discourages Chief Big Tree from selling Indian land at too low an offer.

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Dan travels to Washington, D.C., to ask President Theodore Roosevelt about oil rights. He fought for Teddy and the Rough Riders a few years before. Teddy offers him a chance to transport thousands of barrels of oil to a Tulsa refinery to win the rights over Jim, which leads to Jim's hired man, the Cherokee Kid, setting off an explosion and sabotaging the trip.

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Catherine and Dan fall in love, with hotel owner Bessie Baxter playing matchmaker. A final fistfight between Dan and Jim settles matters once and for all.

Cast

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  • John Wayne as Daniel F. Somers
  • Martha Scott as Catherine Elizabeth Allen
  • Albert Dekker as Jim "Hunk" Gardner
  • George "Gabby" Hayes as Despirit Dean
  • Marjorie Rambeau as Bessie Baxter
  • Dale Evans as Cuddles Walker
  • Grant Withers as Richardson
  • Sidney Blackmer as Theodore Roosevelt
  • Paul Fix as the Cherokee Kid
  • Cecil Cunningham as Mrs. Ames
  • Irving Bacon as Ben
  • Byron Foulger as Wilkins
  • Anne O'Neal as Mrs. Peabody
  • Richard Graham as Walter Ames
  • Robert Warwick as Chief Big Tree (uncredited)
  • Production

    Parts of the film were shot in Johnson Canyon, Paria, Utah, Cedar City, and Virgin, Utah.

    Release

    Republic Pictures released it on December 6, 1943.

    References

    In Old Oklahoma Wikipedia
    In Old Oklahoma IMDb In Old Oklahoma themoviedb.org