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5.0 out of 5 stars
Extremely Entertaining Classic Western, March 30, 2009
My classic-movie-buff friends don't share my fondess for this film, but I thought it was one of the most interesting and entertaining classic westerns I've ever seen.
Of course, having Jimmy Cagney in the lead didn't hurt. He's usually very entertaining and this is no exception. He plays his normal cocky self, but instead of gangster or something else modern-day, he was cowboy. To those too rigid fuddie-duddies who can't see their favorite actors trying different genres - too bad. Cagney as a cowboy?? Why not? He' still the same, great actor and entertainer. Same goes for Humphrey Bogart.
Bogart, as he so often was before he became a mega-star with Casablanca, played the bad guy. He looked like he had a bad toupee, too. I hope that wasn't his real hair!
This was fun to watch right from the get-go and also featured some excellent black-and-white cinematography which made it all the better. At 82 minutes, this is a quick night of entertainment, but I liked that short running time.
Isn't it about time a good DVD of this film was offered?
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Gangsters Out West, July 20, 2002
This review is from: The Oklahoma Kid [VHS] (VHS Tape)
An unlikely James Cagney stars as the Oklahoma Kid, a gunman wanted by the law, who gets mixed up in the fight against the corruption of the newly settled and built Tulsa. Humphrey Bogart (with the great character name of "Whip McCord") has taken over the town, and when the citizens start trying to reclaim their town, Cagney gets drawn into the fight for personal reasons. Unfortunately, as big a fan as I am of Cagney, it's very hard to swallow him as a horseriding gunman. He puts in a good effort at it and seems to be enjoying himself, but he just doesn't fit into the Old West. Of course, Bogart doesn't fit in either. Dressed all in black (a not-so-subtle message about his character), he sneers his way through the film. Rosemary Lane as the love interest doesn't bring much to the character or film, while Donald Crisp as her father and town judge is solid as usual. There's plenty of action and shooting, and there was some potential with the story, but this film isn't much more than a miscast, routine Western. Nonetheless, it's worth a look to see gangsters out West.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Western That Makes You Laugh, June 8, 2000
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Why would "The Oklahoma Kid" make you laugh? In the first place, as the reviewers said at the time, Cagney went at this role with a grand sense of humor and sparked every scene with something extra to watch for. He and Bogart did their best with what they had to work with and the result is campy western something-or-other. Bogart, dressed in black, does some of his best craven sneering. Cagney, who Bogart said later looked like a mushroom in his 10-gallon hat, looks like he trying hard not to laugh as he gaily goes about the business of revenging his father's death at the hands of Bogart's henchmen. Bogart has the funniest line in the film - and maybe the funniest line he ever uttered in a film: As he sends one of his cowboy goons (played with smiling diffidence by veteran Ward Bond) to bring Cagney to him, he says, "Tell that little squirt over by the piano that I want to see him." Watch carefully and see if Bogart can keep a straight face! Cagney, known as the premiere movie tough guy, knew that he could also look cute in a movie. In this, as in "The Strawberry Blonde, " he cute as a button - a button mushroom!
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