Posts from ethanedwards in thread „The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)“
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The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)(aka The Great Manhunt), is an American western
directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Randolph Scott,
George Macready, Louise Allbritton, John IrelandUser Review
Good Complex Western
12 July 2014 | by dougdoepke (Claremont,USA)Quote from dougGood Scott western, with lots of action, interesting characters, and a solid script. Doolin (Scott) may be a bankrobber but he's also capable of noble deeds. In short, he's a good-bad guy of the sort the iron-jawed Scott could play to perfection. Here he leads a gang of outlaws whose members are known to us by name. Funny thing about the movies. Even bad guys can be humanized enough so that we care about them. That happens more or less with these gang members.
And get a load of the familiar Alabama Hills that Scott and Buddy Boetticher explored in their great Ranown series of oaters. Director Douglas does some effective staging with the Neolithic slabs, worthy of Boetticher. There're some other good touches by Douglas. I especially like the little boy who stares Scott down in church. I don't think I've seen anything quite like it. Surprisingly, veteran screen baddie George Macready plays a federal marshal, which took some getting used to. And what a sweetheart Virginia Huston is. Who wouldn't give up a life of crime for her. It's that element, I think, that lends the ending such poignancy.
All in all, it's a well done 90-minutes by Columbia, somewhere between an A-production and a B. I'm just sorry Scott never got the recognition as a western star that he deserved.
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THE DOOLINS OF OKLAHOMA
aka The Great ManhuntDIRECTED BY GORDON DOUGLAS
PRODUCED BY HARRY JOE BROWN/ RANDOLPH SCOTT
PRODUCERS-ACTORS CORPORATION
COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATIONINFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
When the Daltons are killed at Coffeeville, gang member Bill Doolin arriving late escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the leader of the Doolin gang. He eventually leaves the gang and tries to start a new life under a new name. But the old gang members appear and his true identity becomes known. So once again he becomes an outlaw trying to escape from the law.
Written by Maurice VanAukenDirected
Gordon DouglasWriting Credits
Kenneth Gamet ... (story and screenplay)Cast
Randolph Scott ... Bill Doolin / Bill Daley
George Macready ... Marshal Sam Hughes
Louise Allbritton ... Rose of Cimarron
John Ireland ... Bitter Creek
Virginia Huston ... Elaine Burton
Charles Kemper ... Thomas 'Arkansas' Jones
Noah Beery Jr. ... Little Bill
Dona Drake ... Cattle Annie
Robert Barrat ... Marshal Heck Thomas (as Robert H. Barrat)
Lee Patrick ... Melissa Price
Griff Barnett ... Deacon Burton
Frank Fenton ... Red Buck
Jock Mahoney ... Tulsa Jack Blake (as Jock O'Mahoney)
James Kirkwood ... Reverend Mears
Robert Osterloh ... Wichita Smith
Virginia Brissac ... Mrs. Burton
John Sheehan ... Dunn - Wayside Innkeeper
and many more...Produced
Harry Joe Brown ... producer
Randolph Scott ... associate producer (uncredited)Music
George Duning
Paul Sawtell
Marlin Skiles ... (uncredited)Cinematography
Charles Lawton Jr. ... director of photographyFilming Locations
Janss Conejo Ranch, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
Columbia/Warner Bros. Ranch - 411 North Hollywood Way, Burbank, California, USA
Diaz Lake, Lone Pine, California, USA
Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USAWatch the Movie
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