Tulsa
US (1949): Drama
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 (Susan Hayward) plans revenge by bringing in her own wells with the help of oil expert Brad Brady (Robert Preston) and childhood friend Jim Redbird (Pedro Armendáriz). 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. Stuart Heisler directs; cast also includes Lloyd Hough, Chill Wills and Ed Begley. (Eagle-Lion) (IMDb)
1 nomination
· Special Effects 1949: No nominees listed with nomination, but film credits John P. Fulton