The Oklahoma Kid (1939)

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  • THE OKLAHOMA KID


    DIRECTED BY LLOYD BACON
    PRODUCED BY HAL WALLIS/ JACK L. WARNER
    MUSIC BY MAX STEINER
    WARNER BROS.



    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Summary
    McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder..
    Written by Ed Stephan


    Cast
    James Cagney ... Jim Kincaid
    Humphrey Bogart ... Whip McCord
    Rosemary Lane ... Jane Hardwick
    Donald Crisp ... Judge Hardwick
    Harvey Stephens ... Ned Kincaid
    Hugh Sothern ... John Kincaid
    Charles Middleton ... Alec Martin
    Edward Pawley ... Doolin
    Ward Bond ... Wes Handley
    Lew Harvey ... Curley
    Trevor Bardette ... Indian Jack Pasco
    John Miljan ... Ringo
    Arthur Aylesworth ... Judge Morgan
    Irving Bacon ... Hotel Clerk
    Joe Devlin ... Keely
    Wade Boteler ... Sheriff
    and many more...


    Directed
    Lloyd Bacon


    Writing Credits
    Warren Duff ... (screen play) &
    Robert Buckner ... (screen play) and
    Edward E. Paramore Jr. ... (screen play) (as Edward E. Paramore)
    Wally Kline ... (from an original story by) (as Wally Klein)
    Jerome Odlum ... (uncredited)
    Norman Reilly Raine ... (uncredited)


    Produced
    Samuel Bischoff ... associate producer (uncredited)
    Hal B. Wallis ... executive producer (uncredited)
    Jack L. Warner ... executive producer (uncredited)


    Music
    Max Steiner


    Cinematography
    James Wong Howe ... (photography)


    Trivia
    Humphrey Bogart was widely quoted as saying that co-star James Cagney looked like "a mushroom" in his costume.


    This was James Cagney's first western. He would appear in only two more westerns--Run for Cover (1955) and Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)--both of them much later in his career.


    According to a contemporary magazine article, Hugh Sothern and Al J. Jennings had been participants in the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1895.


    Regarding Humphrey Bogart's "mushroom" jibe about James Cagney in his cowboy hat--Bogart said that Cagney looked like a mushroom--Cagney had a revenge of sorts. After seeing Bogie picking his nose in his car, he wrote a little rhyme: "In this little town of ours, people see all sorts of primps and poses . . . but movie stars in fancy cars shouldn't pick their famous noses". Apparently, according to Michael J. Fox in his excellent documentary about Cagney--James Cagney: Top of the World (1992)--he sent it to Bogart, but didn't receive a reply.


    Goofs
    Anachronisms
    In the scene with the baby, when Cagney is strumming a guitar, it is a "flat top" style acoustic, much too modern for the time period of the movie.


    Character error
    When the Kid visits Jane, he ties his horse to the bar in front of the house. A short time after that, Ned arrives. He's searching for the Kid. He is so eager to get him that (later in the movie) he even shoots at him (when the Kid is fleeing from the court house). But when Jane tells Ned that the Kid is not there, he believes her without asking about the horse, which he must have seen when he arrived.


    Continuity
    In the bar room, shortly after Whip McCord tells The Oklahoma Kid to give him back the Indian money, the Kid shoots Curley in the belly. A few moments later, Curley walks out as if he had never been shot.


    Miscellaneous
    Bogart's character claims to be from "the panhandle". But in what seems like strange casting. He has a strong New York accent.


    The Oklahoma Kid has a New York accent. The Oklahoma Kid who should sound like someone from Oklahoma. Instead, he sounds like someone from Hell's Kitchen in NYC. Curious casting.


    Spoilers
    Continuity
    The Kid shoots Indian Joe a short time after Joe and McCord's (three) other henchmen have lynched his father, so there's no need to print a 'wanted' circular for Indian Joe. And when the circulars for the lynchers are hung up, there is indeed no circular for Indian Joe. However, later in the movie, when Judge Hardwick and Alec Martin talk about the Kid, the Judge has four circulars, including one for Indian Joe.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Warner Ranch, Calabasas, California, USA

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

  • The Oklahoma Kid is a 1939 western film starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart.
    The film was directed for Warner Bros. by Lloyd Bacon.
    Cagney plays an adventurous gunslinger in a broad-brimmed cowboy hat while Bogart
    portrays his black-clad and viciously villainous nemesis.
    The film is often remembered for Cagney's character rubbing the thumb and forefinger of his hand together
    and exulting, "Feel that air!"


    The supporting cast features Rosemary Lane, Donald Crisp, and Ward Bond.
    Rosemary Lane's sister Priscilla Lane also starred with Cagney and Bogart
    in The Roaring Twenties that same year.


    Look out for Duke 'Pal' Ward Bond



    User Review


    One Of My Favorite Classic Westerns
    31 October 2006 | by ccthemovieman-1 (United States)


    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England