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Tulsa [Slim Case]

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DIGIVIEW's slimline cased DVDs feature unrestored public domain films that have no subtitles or extras beyond plot synopses on their back covers. As with all such bargain brands, dubs are "best available source" and can vary from very good to only fair. Audio levels are however some of the highest you'll find, which makes these ideal for laptop PC or portable disc player watching.

Fans of Susan Hayward and/or westerns are certain to enjoy TULSA (1949).

This Technicolor film is set around 1920. Here, halfbreed cattlewoman Cherokee Lansing (Hayward) strikes oil on her inherited Oklahoma ranch and competes against a larger nearby outfit owned by a real snake. Bruce Tanner (Lloyd Gough) tries every way he can to either buy Cherokee's land or sabotage her operation. There's a great fiery finale to this one, a conflagration that's started not by Tanner but by Susan's Indian friend and advisor, Jim Redbird (Pedro Armendáriz). It's quite an unforgettable Oscar-nominated sequence.

Cast includes Robert Preston as Brad Brady, a petroleum engineer and employee who's romantically involved with Cherokee. Narrator Chill Wills also plays piano and sings in one scene. Lola Albright is mere pretty wallpaper and Ed Begley as Preston's dad turns over his oil rights to Cherokee. He's then murdered in a barroom skirmish. Uncredited cameos from Iron Eyes Cody, Chester Conklin, Lane Chandler, John Dehner, Franklyn Farnum, Tom Dugan and Chief Yowlatchie.