Susan Hayward in an Oscar-Nominated Western Classic

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Tulsa (1949) Full Movie stars Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, and Pedro Armendáriz in a sweeping Technicolor classic Western drama set during Oklahoma’s turbulent oil boom. This Susan Hayward classic movie blends frontier ambition, romance, and Oscar-nominated special effects in a powerful story about wealth, responsibility, and the land.

After pollution from a neighboring oil operation destroys the family’s prized cattle and a derrick explosion kills her father, determined rancher’s daughter Cherokee “Cherry” Lansing enters the oil business seeking justice. With geologist Brad Brady and loyal rancher Jim Redbird beside her, Cherry strikes oil and rises to become Tulsa’s celebrated Oil Queen.

But success soon hardens into obsession. When Cherry joins forces with ruthless oil tycoon Bruce Tanner and ignores warnings about reckless drilling, the land that made them rich begins to demand a terrible price—leading to a spectacular oilfield inferno that threatens everything she has built.

Directed by Stuart Heisler and photographed in vivid Technicolor by Winton C. Hoch, Tulsa offers the craftsmanship, memorable performances, clear moral conflict, and dramatic spectacle that make Golden Age Hollywood so enduring. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Special Effects.

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Cast: Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz, Lloyd Gough, Chill Wills
Director: Stuart Heisler
Year: 1949
Genre: Classic Western Drama / Oil-Boom Adventure
Runtime: Approximately 90 minutes

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