Tulsa (1949)
Passed | 1h 30min | Action, Drama, Romance | 26 May 1949 (USA)
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 plans revenge by bringing in her own wells with the help of oil expert Brad Brady and childhood friend Jim Redbird. 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.
Director: Stuart Heisler
Writers: Frank S. Nugent (screenplay) (as Frank Nugent), Curtis Kenyon (screenplay)
Stars: Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz
Passed | 1h 30min | Action, Drama, Romance | 26 May 1949 (USA)
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 plans revenge by bringing in her own wells with the help of oil expert Brad Brady and childhood friend Jim Redbird. 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.
Director: Stuart Heisler
Writers: Frank S. Nugent (screenplay) (as Frank Nugent), Curtis Kenyon (screenplay)
Stars: Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz
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00:00:00Hello, Cousins, how are you all?
00:00:27I've been sitting here ruminating about some of my friends, some of the things I've seen.
00:00:33For instance, an oil well, a gusher blowing high wide and handsome in the great state
00:00:39of Oklahoma.
00:00:40Oklahoma means red man's land.
00:00:42Less than 50 years ago, all this was Indian territory.
00:00:47Here the old sages, the Cherokees, the Creeks, the Choctaws, the Seminoles, the Chickasaws,
00:00:53even some ponies raced their horses over the prairies, fished the streams, grew their crops
00:01:00and raised their cattle.
00:01:01And all the time the oil was underneath the ground, well, it had to come out and refineries
00:01:07had to be built to process it and make it what it is today, the lifeblood of our civilization.
00:01:13It's oil that drives the ships, powers the trains and the planes and fills the traffic
00:01:19lanes and serves man in a thousand and one ways.
00:01:23Yes sir, oil's a mighty valuable commodity, sought for and fought for all over the globe,
00:01:30in Arabia and Persia, Venezuela, Algiers and Mexico.
00:01:35But talk to an oil man anywhere and he'll tell you that the oil capital of the world
00:01:40is Tulsa, a prairie city rising out of the Oklahoma plains.
00:01:44Today the nerve center of a mighty industry, Tulsa.
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00:03:14Tulsa, Commercial
00:03:24This is Tulsa to date.
00:03:27But let's turn back to the early 20's when Tulsa was a balling, squalling boom town riding the crests of the golden tide of oil.
00:03:34Oil was still a game then.
00:03:36Made fortunes for some.
00:03:37But let me tell you about a few of my friends' whose lives depended on cattle.
00:03:41cattle. The finest cattle country in the world.
00:03:55There's bottom Jim. Purr-fords. Purebreds. Not much like longhorns, huh?
00:04:03Oh, look!
00:04:11Oh, Cherokee! Quit spooking those calves!
00:04:24Crazy, crazy girl. Oh, she was gentledown. Her mother did. She grows more and more like her every day.
00:04:41Well, Jim, what do you think of my purebreds? Fine-looking stockmills. Sure had to dig mighty deep to buy them, but they'll pay out.
00:04:50Now they know who's boss. Fine boss, spooking her own cattle.
00:05:12You should put some on your place, Jim. They'd really prosper on that bluestem grass.
00:05:16Maybe I would, Sinatani, if I had someone to take care of the house while I took care of the cattle.
00:05:22Halt!
00:05:27What is it, Steve?
00:05:28Trouble. Plenty of trouble down by the creek.
00:05:57They're dying, Nels. And it's like this all up and down the creek. I counted more than 30 already, and there's got to be more.
00:06:04What killed them, Steve? What did it?
00:06:06I'll show you.
00:06:19Well, it's when you are well on the medwick place.
00:06:44Steve, round up what's left of the herd and get them into the next pasture.
00:06:59You fellas have got to quit polluting my creek.
00:07:02Go, devil, go!
00:07:06You hear what I said?
00:07:08Get back!
00:07:09You fellas have got to quit polluting my creek!
00:07:12Get back!
00:07:36Dad!
00:07:40Dad!
00:08:09Dad!
00:08:38Dad!
00:08:52Dad!
00:09:16It's a skinning race.
00:09:33Bruce Lansing. We heard about your dad. Sorry. He was a fine man.
00:09:40Where will I find Bruce Tanner?
00:09:42Mr. Tanner is in suite 6A.
00:09:45Hadn't I better announce you?
00:09:47No.
00:09:51Get me Mr. Tanner's apartment.
00:10:20Mr. Tanner, I won $20,000.
00:10:24Interesting. I'd like a million myself.
00:10:28A million couldn't repay me for what I've lost.
00:10:31I'm Cherokee Lansing. Two weeks ago...
00:10:34Yes, I know. But Miss Lansing, your father was trespassing. He ignored repeated warnings.
00:10:40Look, I'm not here for blood money, but I don't intend to see my father's ranch go under.
00:10:46Those purebred herpids that were killed were worth $20,000.
00:10:50He mortgaged everything he owned to buy them.
00:10:53I want that money from you, Mr. Tanner.
00:10:55Let's get a few things straight. I'm not Mr. Tanner. I'm his legal advisor.
00:10:59And I've assured Mr. Tanner he has no legal responsibility for the death of your father or the loss of his cattle.
00:11:04But Tanner's oil was responsible.
00:11:06You might have difficulty proving it was Tanner's oil.
00:11:09Of course, you always have the privilege of bringing suit.
00:11:12But I'm afraid you'd find Tanner Petroleum a pretty powerful opponent.
00:11:15My advice to you, Miss Lansing, is forget it.
00:11:24You tell Mr. Tanner I don't forget that easy.
00:11:30Go on back to the ranch, Steve. Give the boys their time.
00:11:33You mean you're giving up the buffalo haunt?
00:11:36No. It's being taken away.
00:11:39I hate to see the old brand go. It's not a lot to know.
00:11:44Thanks.
00:11:45I'm sure whoever takes it over can use a good top hand like you.
00:11:50Bye.
00:11:51Bye, Steve.
00:11:57Chuck.
00:11:58Yes, Miss Lansing?
00:11:59Is Pinky Jimson still working at the Longhorn?
00:12:01Yep, I believe he is.
00:12:04He's spotting in there tomorrow.
00:12:14Johnny.
00:12:22Johnny.
00:12:23No, ho, my.
00:12:24I ain't gonna bet I got a bankroll to spend and I'm gonna spend it.
00:12:29Where's the cab? Give $500 for a cab.
00:12:32Now, excuse me. Are you looking for a cab, too?
00:12:36Yes.
00:12:37Just leave it to me. Just leave it to Johnny Brady.
00:12:40Taxi!
00:12:42Taxi!
00:12:44Taxi! Hey, you, taxi!
00:12:46Your coach awaits, baby.
00:12:49Johnny, let's go back to the hotel. You ought to be in bed.
00:12:58Now you get!
00:13:05You all right?
00:13:07Homer, did you see that? Avenged by a beautiful lady.
00:13:11Thanks for the cab.
00:13:12Wait, you can't run away now. I gotta repay you.
00:13:15Really, mister?
00:13:16Brady, John J. Brady. Good old Johnny.
00:13:19Smartest old man in the state of Oklahoma.
00:13:22Come on. Come on.
00:13:23Where to? Where to?
00:13:24I'm going to the Longhorn.
00:13:25The Longhorn it is. Open the door. Open the door.
00:13:29Johnny.
00:13:33And don't spare the horse.
00:13:35Don't spare the horse.
00:13:36Come on. Get in.
00:13:52Uh-oh. It's crude oil Johnny Brady.
00:13:54Pinky Jimson is there. I'm his cousin.
00:13:56Go away.
00:14:00Hello, palsy. We're all together like a bunch of bananas.
00:14:05Tulsa, swinging down to Tulsa
00:14:14Down the trail to the one I love
00:14:22I can hardly wait till I get to Tulsa
00:14:29With the moon and the stars and the one I'm dreaming of
00:14:39Oklahoma bluebird, sing your happy song
00:14:48Pass the word along
00:14:52Nothing can be like you when I get back in Tulsa
00:14:59Gotta get to Tulsa
00:15:05Oh faithful, we rode the range together
00:15:14Oh faithful, in every kind of weather
00:15:22When your roundup days are over
00:15:26There'll be pastures white with clover
00:15:32For you, oh faithful, pal of mine
00:15:45Thanks, Pinky. Dad would have liked that.
00:15:49Little break, cousins.
00:16:02Firewater?
00:16:03No. Pinky, what do you know about Bruce Tender?
00:16:09A lot? A little. What's on your mind, cousin?
00:16:13What's on my mind isn't fit for those tender little ears.
00:16:19I've got a score to settle with Mr. Tanner. A big score.
00:16:26No knife, no gun.
00:16:28Killing's too easy. I want to get him where he lives.
00:16:31He's a big man, cousin. He's got a lot of scalps.
00:16:34I'd like to see yours among them.
00:16:36You mean money big?
00:16:38Real tall. Frozer's shattered clear to the cap bone.
00:16:41You get what I mean?
00:16:43Courts. Judges.
00:16:45Corporation commission. A few of the federal boys.
00:16:47It's all strictly legal, of course.
00:16:49You see, Tanner's what you could call a leading citizen.
00:16:52He's done a lot for Tulsa.
00:16:55Must be wonderful to be rich and powerful enough to step on people.
00:16:59I'd be respected for it.
00:17:01Pinky, you old sooner.
00:17:03Got a hundred dollars, says you can't play.
00:17:06Three o'clock in the morning
00:17:09Three o'clock in the morning
00:17:12Bet you don't know how it goes.
00:17:16Homer!
00:17:17Homer, here she is again.
00:17:19The girl who vents me.
00:17:21Pinky, I'd like you to meet the finest little girl in the state of Oklahoma.
00:17:25Please now, we're talking.
00:17:26Got it all figured out, what I'm going to do.
00:17:28What's your name, Cleaning?
00:17:29Name's Cherokee Lansing, Johnny.
00:17:31She's my cousin.
00:17:32All the better.
00:17:33Homer, where'd you see her?
00:17:35Homer's the finest little notary in the state of Oklahoma.
00:17:38Never trouble without him.
00:17:52Oh, there you are.
00:17:55Now, where are we?
00:17:57I don't want anything from you.
00:17:58No argument.
00:18:00You make your cousin take him, Pinky.
00:18:02Johnny, Johnny, look.
00:18:05Oh, excuse me.
00:18:09I don't want these, what'll I do with them?
00:18:11Johnny's in an outgoing mood tonight.
00:18:13I'll give it back to him in the morning.
00:18:24Hello, cousin.
00:18:25Looks like we're going to have a warm evening.
00:18:28Best chance you get, you van moves.
00:18:30And I'll see you at your hotel in a minute.
00:18:37It's three o'clock in the morning
00:18:42We danced the whole night through
00:18:47And daylight soon will be dawning
00:18:52Just one more waltz with you
00:19:05Is that you, Pinky?
00:19:07It's me, cousin.
00:19:08Come on in.
00:19:10I'll be with you in a minute.
00:19:18Is it always this noisy in town?
00:19:20I don't see how anyone...
00:19:25Yes?
00:19:27Oh, I'm sorry.
00:19:28I didn't mean to interrupt you.
00:19:31Yes?
00:19:33Who?
00:19:36Bruce Tanner. He wants to see me.
00:19:40Have him come up, please.
00:19:43You better look these over, cousin.
00:19:45What are they?
00:19:46Leases. Oil leases.
00:19:47Crude oil, Johnny?
00:19:48Yeah.
00:19:49Gives you the right to drill for oil on those pieces of land.
00:19:52Boy, this is for Bill Penny's ranch.
00:19:54And the Lightfoot place.
00:19:56They're up by Jim Redbird's. There's no oil there.
00:19:58So far, there ain't nobody looked. It's wildcat country.
00:20:01Well, you've given back to that wildcat friend of yours.
00:20:04Now, that might be a bit hard to arrange.
00:20:07Ooh, the Longhorn really got to jumping after you left last night.
00:20:10Crude oil Johnny ain't have to be singing three o'clock in the morning anymore.
00:20:14Seems he's dead.
00:20:15He's dead?
00:20:16Permanent.
00:20:19Sorry.
00:20:20Yeah, he was a right guy.
00:20:22Might tone deaf, though.
00:20:25What'll I do with these?
00:20:27Legally, they're yours.
00:20:38Hello, Pinky.
00:20:44This is my cousin Cherokee, Mr. Tanner.
00:20:47And one of your most attractive cousins, Pinky.
00:20:50Pinky and I happen to be blood kin, Mr. Tanner.
00:20:52I'm quarter Cherokee.
00:20:54And obviously on the warpath for me.
00:20:57May I make this small peace offering?
00:20:59What is it you've come to see me about, Mr. Tanner?
00:21:06Miss Lansing, I could tell you that I was shocked and displeased
00:21:09by Mr. Winter's treatment of you last evening,
00:21:12and that he had no authority to speak to you the way he did.
00:21:15And that I'm here to make amends.
00:21:17I'd be a doggone liar.
00:21:19You haven't got a leg to stand on.
00:21:21Legally.
00:21:22However, I have a check here for $20,000.
00:21:32Yes?
00:21:33Go on, you were talking about these leases.
00:21:35Yes, I was.
00:21:37I already control some of that area, and I'd like to have it solid.
00:21:40You need $20,000 to save your ranch,
00:21:43and I'm prepared to pay that for the leases.
00:21:45You don't look like Santa Claus to me.
00:21:47Tell me what they're really worth.
00:21:49To you, nothing.
00:21:50To me, possibly nothing, possibly a great deal.
00:21:53You see, Miss Lansing, oil's a gamble.
00:21:55I like to gamble, too.
00:21:57Right now, I'm prepared to risk $100,000 exploring that area.
00:22:01Sound like your kind of game?
00:22:03Now, this is certified.
00:22:04It's money in the bank, or purebred Hereford's grazing on your own range.
00:22:08Sounds like a pretty fair proposition, cousin.
00:22:13I'm not selling.
00:22:15Do you mind telling me why?
00:22:17Because I don't like the way you operate.
00:22:19You oil men come into our country, pollute the streams,
00:22:22ruin the land, kill our cattle.
00:22:25Yes, and our men, too.
00:22:27You're being childish.
00:22:28You're acting like your Cherokee grandparents
00:22:30who shot arrows at the first locomotive.
00:22:32This is oil country.
00:22:33The wealth is under the ground, not on top of it.
00:22:36But is it necessary to destroy the land to produce oil?
00:22:39Excuse me, Senatoni.
00:22:41You mention our grandparents shooting arrows at locomotives.
00:22:44Perhaps you never heard of the Five Civilized Nations.
00:22:46Never bothered to learn about the Oklahoma Red Man.
00:22:48Before the Civil War, Mr. Tanner,
00:22:50our grandparents owned plantations in the South,
00:22:52had libraries, printing presses.
00:22:54We vote.
00:22:55We have colleges.
00:22:56We think.
00:22:57And we think oil has been bad for this country.
00:23:01Shall we continue this later, Miss Lansing?
00:23:04Perhaps at dinner?
00:23:06No.
00:23:17Don't tell me you're going into the oil business.
00:23:19Why not?
00:23:20You have no monopoly on brains or luck.
00:23:23No.
00:23:24And I'm not as pretty as you are, either.
00:23:31No sense being mule-headed, Cotton.
00:23:33And you know nothing about oil, Senatoni.
00:23:35I can learn. I can learn.
00:23:36But cattle is our business.
00:23:38I know my ranch is not as fine as a buffalo horn.
00:23:40But with you...
00:23:41No, Jim.
00:23:46Not until I've settled with Bruce Tanner.
00:23:49And I can do that only one way.
00:23:52Your father wouldn't like to see you smeared with oil.
00:23:55Ain't you overlooking a few small details?
00:23:57In the first place, you ain't found any oil.
00:23:59Second place, the odds are all against you finding it.
00:24:01Third place, you ain't even got the money to start finding it.
00:24:04And in the first place...
00:24:05I'll get the money somewhere.
00:24:07Well, don't look at me.
00:24:08All the money I got in the world is right there in that pocket.
00:24:10And don't even bose me a little.
00:24:13I intended to get some purebred Hereford's.
00:24:15Like Nell's.
00:24:17But...
00:24:19If that's what you want, Senatoni...
00:24:22Jim...
00:24:26And another rest can't fit the dust.
00:24:42Okay, keep it like that.
00:24:46I don't know, Miss Lansing, it don't look good.
00:24:52You should have hit oil sand before this.
00:24:54But you're going to keep drilling, aren't you?
00:24:56We'll keep making hole just as long as you make payroll.
00:24:59And that reminds me...
00:25:00If you'll just give me until tomorrow...
00:25:02You don't care about tomorrow, do you?
00:25:04I don't care about tomorrow.
00:25:05I don't care about tomorrow.
00:25:06I don't care about tomorrow.
00:25:07I don't care about tomorrow.
00:25:08I don't care about tomorrow.
00:25:09I don't care about tomorrow.
00:25:10If you'll just give me until tomorrow...
00:25:12You've been telling us that for two weeks.
00:25:20Soft?
00:25:21Sticky?
00:25:22Hard?
00:25:23Well, well.
00:25:24Nothing like scientific terminology.
00:25:33I'd say you are getting into lower end of cut sandstone.
00:25:37Have you hit gas yet?
00:25:38Oh, one of those geology guys, huh?
00:25:41Miss Lansing, did you send for this rockhound?
00:25:43I certainly did not.
00:25:45What are you doing here?
00:25:48The name is Brady, remember?
00:25:51You couldn't be crude oil, Johnny's son.
00:25:54I thought I'd like to see the gal who rolled my old man.
00:25:57Pop always was a good picker.
00:26:02Now, just a minute, Mr. Brady.
00:26:04Don't get excited.
00:26:05I don't expect to get the leases back.
00:26:06I'm just sentimental.
00:26:08I thought if maybe you had his set of cufflinks or his watch,
00:26:10I'd be willing to buy them from you.
00:26:15Charlie, you skin polecat.
00:26:21Out of respect to your old man,
00:26:22I'm giving you a chance to walk out of here in one piece.
00:26:25How did you happen to pick this spot?
00:26:27This jarhead stamp on the ground?
00:26:33Listen, rockhound, if I were you,
00:26:34I'd start pulling tools before that gas blows in.
00:26:38Okay, professor.
00:26:40You asked for it.
00:26:55Now you blow.
00:27:05How was that, professor?
00:27:06Soft?
00:27:07Sticky?
00:27:08Or hard?
00:27:09Hard.
00:27:11Like this.
00:27:37Come on.
00:28:02Say, I've seen that guy somewhere before.
00:28:07Yeah.
00:28:17Anyone else?
00:28:18Say, ain't you Bronco Brady,
00:28:20what used to play football with the Yales?
00:28:22With the Princetons.
00:28:23Oh.
00:28:27Is that what you wanted?
00:28:38Oil!
00:28:39Oil!
00:28:40We've dropped it!
00:28:41Oil?
00:28:42Nothing.
00:28:43That's salt water.
00:29:00Well, that's it.
00:29:01They're sure enough desperate.
00:29:03You mean there's no oil?
00:29:05I'm sorry, Miss Lansing, but that's the old game.
00:29:08Once you hit salt water, you're through.
00:29:16There goes $15,000.
00:29:22Is that what you wanted?
00:29:34Good night, Jim.
00:29:36I'm sorry I got you into this.
00:29:38I'm glad, Senatani.
00:29:41Now maybe you'll be able to start thinking again about grasslands.
00:29:45And cattle.
00:29:49Well, well, the Lansing Oil Company.
00:29:51Been looking for you.
00:29:52To say I told you so?
00:29:54Now, don't be afraid.
00:29:55I'm not afraid.
00:29:56I'm not afraid.
00:29:57I'm not afraid.
00:29:58I'm not afraid.
00:29:59I'm not afraid.
00:30:00I'm not afraid.
00:30:01I'm not afraid.
00:30:02I told you so.
00:30:03Now, it may surprise you to know I'm honestly sorry.
00:30:05I was hoping you'd make an oil well.
00:30:06Remember, I've got holdings up there too.
00:30:09Let's get out of the traffic.
00:30:12I understand you dropped $15,000 on that bus.
00:30:15That tuner didn't lose any time reporting to you, did he?
00:30:18Why, every oil man that tells me keeps his hands on the wire with that tuner.
00:30:21All day.
00:30:29How would you like to get your auntie back?
00:30:31She's still interested in those leases.
00:30:32Miss Lansing.
00:30:33Miss Lansing.
00:30:34Miss Lansing.
00:30:35Call him Miss Lansing.
00:30:36Miss Lansing.
00:30:37Call him Miss Lansing.
00:30:38Up here.
00:30:39Get it, Chuck.
00:30:42Call him Mr. Britton.
00:30:44Mr. Britton.
00:30:48Sign here and give these men a check.
00:30:50What for?
00:30:5145 sacks of cement and 2,000 feet of casing.
00:30:54You've got a cement off.
00:30:55What are you talking about?
00:30:56You've got to shut off that water.
00:30:58You run casing, then pump down cement.
00:31:00Then you drill through and keep going.
00:31:02Sounds very simple.
00:31:03Never try it?
00:31:04Or is it something you read in a book?
00:31:08Both.
00:31:11It may cost another 5,000, but I say it's worth it.
00:31:13I don't.
00:31:14But I'm just a practical oil man.
00:31:16Are you bragging or apologizing?
00:31:18You practical oil men have wasted enough oil and gas to power this country for another 20 years.
00:31:23Someday I'd like to hear about the fields you've developed.
00:31:26Or maybe you will.
00:31:29How about it?
00:31:31I'm fresh out of money, Mr. Brady.
00:31:33Not even a coupling to pour.
00:31:36Then you'll sell?
00:31:39I'll think it over.
00:31:40Big order, huh?
00:31:42Give me that.
00:31:44And hold it.
00:31:45How long will this job take?
00:31:47This casing and cementing off?
00:31:49Two or three weeks.
00:31:50The professor's pretty sure of himself.
00:31:52And you once said you liked to gamble.
00:31:53All right, I'll make you another proposition.
00:31:55I'll give you $5,000 now and three weeks to pay off or to bring in your wealth.
00:32:00And if I don't?
00:32:01I get the leases.
00:32:02Take it!
00:32:04Write your check.
00:32:07Is that all right with you, Jim?
00:32:08I guess it'll have to be, Senatoni.
00:32:10Shall I make it out to you?
00:32:11No, make it out to my partner, Mr. Brady.
00:32:17Thanks, Senatoni.
00:32:18In Cherokee, Senatoni means redhead.
00:32:21But to you, Mr. Brady, it means boss.
00:32:26Here's your cement wagon, professor.
00:32:28Thanks, boss.
00:32:56Hey, don't make this!
00:32:58Pumping cement down the hole, you'll plug it up!
00:33:01That's the idea.
00:33:03Finish.
00:33:13Well, now we'll drill through the cement, see?
00:33:16Take a lot of work.
00:33:17All right, boys, come and get it.
00:33:25Come on.
00:33:492,100 feet.
00:33:53Maybe the jawhead was right.
00:33:56Why don't you start?
00:34:14I know, I thought three weeks would be enough.
00:34:16I was wrong.
00:34:18Have you paid off the boys?
00:34:20No.
00:34:21They'll work until the end of the midnight tower.
00:34:25I guess we can score one up for Mr. Tanner, the practical oil man.
00:34:31Goodbye, Mr. Brady.
00:34:33Send me one of your books sometime.
00:34:40I'll do better than that.
00:34:42I'll buy you the best dinner in Tulsa
00:34:44and a bottle of champagne to cry in.
00:34:46No, thanks.
00:34:48Suit yourself.
00:34:49Nothing like being a good loser.
00:34:52I'll be ready in 20 minutes.
00:35:02Why, this isn't the dining room.
00:35:06Well, felt my britches if it ain't my cousin Cherokee.
00:35:09What are you folks doing here?
00:35:11I thought y'all was out making an oil well.
00:35:14I, uh, once saw a man make 14 straight passes.
00:35:18Five would do it for us.
00:35:20Come on.
00:35:27Brad.
00:35:28Brad, darling.
00:35:30Hello, Ken.
00:35:31I thought you were still in Tampico.
00:35:33Wherever have you been hiding?
00:35:38Has it been terribly dull, darling?
00:35:41No, not since Tampico.
00:35:44Oh, Candy.
00:35:45This is Cherokee Lansing.
00:35:47Miss Candy, uh...
00:35:48Williams.
00:35:49Cherokee.
00:35:51What an odd name.
00:35:52So, so sort of Indian-ish.
00:35:56Isn't it, Bruce?
00:35:58And Candy, so sort of stick-ish.
00:36:01Isn't it, honey?
00:36:05Seven, excuse me.
00:36:09Five $100 chips, please.
00:36:10Got nice mix.
00:36:11Hello, Miss Lansing.
00:36:13Hello, Mr. Tanner.
00:36:15Studying rock formations, Professor.
00:36:17Bones.
00:36:18Oh, giving up the oil business.
00:36:21Not yet.
00:36:23Shooting a hundred.
00:36:25Come on, Dex.
00:36:27Snake Eyes, a loser.
00:36:28Coming up for the next roll.
00:36:30Shooting two.
00:36:37Boxcars, another loser.
00:36:39Boy, are you salty.
00:36:41Give me those dominoes.
00:36:43Professor, there are some things you can learn
00:36:45only at a ranch fun house.
00:36:48Come on, little old maverick.
00:36:49Let's start a stampede.
00:36:51Yahoo!
00:36:53Seven, a winner.
00:36:54Stay the line.
00:36:55The four rise.
00:36:58Need new spurs and a silver sample.
00:37:00Come on, Bones.
00:37:01Let's get it.
00:37:03Another natural.
00:37:04Stay the line.
00:37:06Let it rise.
00:37:08Okay, Mustang.
00:37:09Pitching box.
00:37:10This year's cowgirl needs some luck.
00:37:12D11.
00:37:13D11.
00:37:15Three in a row.
00:37:16That's wonderful.
00:37:17Fourteen, fifteen, going to 1600.
00:37:20Shoot the work.
00:37:21Sorry, Miss Lansing.
00:37:22The limit's a thousand.
00:37:23Demands to die by inches.
00:37:25Shooting a thousand.
00:37:27White-faced cow with a big brown eye.
00:37:29Seven or eleven.
00:37:30There she is.
00:37:32Seven it is.
00:37:37Another thousand.
00:37:38Now, wait a minute.
00:37:39She shoots a hundred.
00:37:41Let it rise.
00:37:43And 2,500 on the side to you, Tanner.
00:37:47You're faded.
00:38:00Iron is ready and the brand is hot.
00:38:02The number is seven for all I've got.
00:38:06Two aces, a loser.
00:38:08Oh, that's a shame.
00:38:11You are a gambler, Miss Lansing.
00:38:15It's important.
00:38:16Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:38:17Let me see you do that.
00:38:18Oh, yeah.
00:38:19Right.
00:38:20It's in.
00:38:21It's in.
00:38:22His hand stops it, Brad.
00:38:23It's running wild.
00:38:24What do we do?
00:38:25Ah!
00:38:27Come on.
00:38:30Go on, please.
00:38:31Go on.
00:38:32Let's watch it, will you?
00:38:33Sit her down, shorty.
00:38:39Where'd she go?
00:38:40Around the corner.
00:39:00Move, Danny.
00:39:01Move, Danny.
00:39:02No, I can't make it.
00:39:09It's wonderful.
00:39:10Yeah, but it's costing us $1,000 an hour.
00:39:14Hey, trust me, Jack.
00:39:15I've got something.
00:39:16I'll tell you what.
00:39:19Hey, look.
00:39:20I think someone's snatching that bitch over there.
00:39:22Hold down.
00:39:23Hold tight.
00:39:24$100 to every man who helps us catch that bump.
00:39:30Hey, Willie.
00:39:31Make a deal for those girls on that cliff.
00:39:33You heard me.
00:39:34You heard me.
00:39:35Start filling the bank.
00:39:36I'll take that key and hook it to the switch,
00:39:38and I'll tell you when.
00:39:40All right.
00:39:41Isn't there something I can do?
00:39:43Sure.
00:39:44Grab a shovel.
00:39:49All right.
00:39:50Go ahead and do it.
00:39:51Just wait till I see you.
00:39:55What's that?
00:39:58Give me one of those shovels.
00:39:59Come on.
00:40:00Tell a few men to follow me.
00:40:03Get up.
00:40:04Move it.
00:40:05I'll get the switch.
00:40:11He's good now.
00:40:12He's going to fill the bank.
00:40:13He's filled it wide.
00:40:30Hey, put out that cigar.
00:40:33Thank you, Mr. Starr.
00:40:57How many barrels he's lost?
00:40:59When he comes this way,
00:41:00you don't count him in barrels.
00:41:02You count him in tank tires.
00:41:04Hey, Tony.
00:41:05Where's Darby?
00:41:06Don't ask me.
00:41:08My fuel leak can't be somewhat restricted.
00:41:13Get it off me, will you?
00:41:15Come on.
00:41:16Come on.
00:41:17Come on.
00:41:18Hold it.
00:41:21Hold it.
00:41:24Hold it.
00:41:28Hold it.
00:41:30Hold it.
00:41:35Easy.
00:41:37Put it down.
00:41:40Put it down.
00:41:51Pretend I could kiss you.
00:41:57It's not a bad idea.
00:42:01Come on.
00:42:27Isn't it wonderful, Jim?
00:42:31Oh, don't bother with that now.
00:42:36$1,000 an hour.
00:42:39$24,000 a day we've only started.
00:42:43Tanner was right.
00:42:49Man, oh, man.
00:42:5150,000 barrels.
00:42:55Here she comes now.
00:42:56I'll have the gongs for you Friday, Miss Lansing.
00:42:59The car's at the curb, Miss Lansing, and the keys are in.
00:43:02Best residential site in the whole city, Miss Lansing.
00:43:04I'm having the Waldorf suite.
00:43:06Good morning.
00:43:07How does it feel to be Tulsa's oil queen?
00:43:09So far, just fine.
00:43:11I've got another proposition for you.
00:43:13How about lunch?
00:43:14No, thanks.
00:43:15But I'm glad to see you're a good loser.
00:43:18Don't get that idea.
00:43:19I have no respect for good losers.
00:43:21They get to make a habit of it.
00:43:22Besides, you're forgetful.
00:43:24Besides, you're forgetting that I own part of that field, too.
00:43:26You'll have to drill mighty fast to keep up with me.
00:43:29Good morning.
00:43:31There she is, Miss Lansing.
00:43:32All you have to do is step on the starter and drive her away.
00:43:38Send me the bill.
00:43:48Hi.
00:43:49Hello, Senior Attorney.
00:43:55Like it?
00:43:56Who wouldn't?
00:43:57They told me Brad was here.
00:43:59Coming up.
00:44:00What are you doing down there?
00:44:02Rock hounding.
00:44:05Well, it's just about the way I figured it.
00:44:07That outcropping over there looked like the peak of the anticline.
00:44:10And from the slope of the rock strata here, I'm sure of it.
00:44:13That means your ranch is right on the stretch.
00:44:15Oil on Jim's ranch?
00:44:17There's no doubt of it.
00:44:19That's wonderful.
00:44:21Is it?
00:44:22Jim, oil and cattle can get along together.
00:44:26Why not let us show you how?
00:44:30Come here.
00:44:37Now, there's our well.
00:44:39The others will space one to every ten acres, each well fenced.
00:44:43There'll be plenty of pasture in between.
00:44:45So, Jim agreed.
00:44:47And a year later, we'll have our own well.
00:44:50So, Jim agreed.
00:44:51And a year later, it was just like Brad had promised.
00:44:55Jim was satisfied.
00:44:56Brad was proud.
00:44:57But Cherokee was ambitious.
00:45:00She was beginning to see what oil money could really mean.
00:45:04You see, Jim, we haven't spoiled your pasture.
00:45:06Plenty of room for cattle.
00:45:08You did a good job, Brad.
00:45:10I'm glad I gave you my lease.
00:45:12Tell me something.
00:45:13What are you going to do with all of your money?
00:45:14I'm going to get the best purebreds that money can buy.
00:45:17Same old Jim.
00:45:18Why don't you take a place in town and really enjoy life?
00:45:22And you're just as bad.
00:45:24Spending all of your time in the field.
00:45:27Just a couple of stick in the mud, sir.
00:45:28Well, you are.
00:45:29You ought to see the way Tulsa's growing.
00:45:31Three new office buildings, a new water supply, an airport.
00:45:48Hello, Charlie.
00:45:49I was just on my way over to see you.
00:45:51Here's your royalty check.
00:45:56This ain't enough.
00:45:58Why, you got only one well on my place.
00:46:01Tanner's drilled three wells on Galagina's place.
00:46:05But we're not operating Tanner's way, Mr. Lightfoot.
00:46:08Why not?
00:46:09Same oil under both places.
00:46:11At Galagina, take out three times as much.
00:46:14Same oil under both places.
00:46:16At Galagina, take out three times as much.
00:46:18There's more to it than that.
00:46:20See, Natani's protecting our grass.
00:46:22All I want's my share of the oil.
00:46:24My lease says you got to drill well for well with next door place.
00:46:28If you don't, I break lease and sign with Tanner.
00:46:36Can he do that?
00:46:37He can if we don't offset.
00:46:39And if we do, we'll have another forest of derricks.
00:46:42Jim, can you get the ranchers together at your place tonight?
00:46:45Sure.
00:46:46Well, come on, we'll round up the oil men.
00:46:48Tanner too?
00:46:50Especially Tanner.
00:46:52He'll be there.
00:46:53Evening.
00:46:54How do you do, Mr. Kelly?
00:46:55Oh, Mr. Kelly, I'm glad you could come, sir.
00:46:56Nice to see you, Brad.
00:46:57I kept my promise.
00:46:59John Ryan of the Creek Nation.
00:47:01How do you do?
00:47:02Black Coat of Seminole.
00:47:03Good evening, sir.
00:47:04Gentlemen.
00:47:05Hello, Tanner.
00:47:06Evening.
00:47:08What is this, the gathering of the tribes?
00:47:10I think your scalp will be safe, Mr. Tanner.
00:47:14Evening, competitors.
00:47:15Gentlemen.
00:47:16Gentlemen, would you kindly find a place and sit down?
00:47:22We've brought you landowners and oil operators here tonight
00:47:25to see if we can reach an agreement on the proper development of our field.
00:47:29But first I want to show you a picture.
00:47:31Pinky.
00:47:32Coming up, Tony.
00:47:33Here's the switch place now.
00:47:36Now, this was the Glen Pool.
00:47:40Once the richest field in Oklahoma.
00:47:42And you all know its history.
00:47:44Flush production for a while, and then it went on the pump,
00:47:47and then it died.
00:47:49And look at it now.
00:47:51Coming up, Cut.
00:47:54A wasteland.
00:47:57All right, Pinky.
00:47:58We've got a deal.
00:48:01A wasteland.
00:48:04All right, Pinky.
00:48:09Not one blade of grass has grown on that land for more than 10 years.
00:48:13And beyond that, no more than 30% of the oil was ever recovered.
00:48:17And what caused it?
00:48:19Senseless cutthroat competition.
00:48:21Every man sinking as many wells as he can as fast as he can
00:48:24forfeited the fellow next more than his share of the oil.
00:48:26Can't we learn from the past?
00:48:28What's on your mind, Brady?
00:48:30We've got to agree to drill no more than one well
00:48:33for every 10 acres we control.
00:48:35We've got to limit production to a set amount each day.
00:48:39Sure, it may mean a smaller immediate profit,
00:48:42but in the long run, more profits.
00:48:45And to you ranchers and homesteaders,
00:48:47preservation of your land long after the oil is gone.
00:48:50Hold on, Professor.
00:48:54You say the Glen Field is dead.
00:48:57What of the things it brought to life?
00:48:59What of Tulsa, its skyscrapers, its homes, its industries?
00:49:02They're still here and they're growing.
00:49:04And they were brought here not by a trickle of oil, but by a flood.
00:49:08Oil and land aren't sacred.
00:49:10They're just the tools men use to build bigger things.
00:49:13You other operators can do as you like,
00:49:15but I'm going to keep on sinking wells.
00:49:17I'm going to make Tulsa the oil capital of the world.
00:49:20And if you landowners aren't satisfied
00:49:22with the way your leases are being handled,
00:49:24come to me.
00:49:26I give you my lease.
00:49:28Oh, no, you don't.
00:49:30We'll drill well for well on your place.
00:49:33And that goes for anyone else who isn't satisfied.
00:49:35Wait.
00:49:37Think before you decide.
00:49:39The land will be here long after the oil is gone.
00:49:42Will it be a land of green grass and clear water,
00:49:45or will it be like that which you have seen?
00:49:47I want my share of the oil.
00:49:49Then I want mine.
00:49:51How about you, Lazy Mouse?
00:49:53It's as much mine as it is theirs.
00:49:55You'll get it. Jim?
00:49:57I want no more wells on my place.
00:49:59Promise me that, Seenotoni.
00:50:01All right, if that's the way you want it.
00:50:04You're beginning to sound like a practical oil man.
00:50:07Maybe we ought to talk business.
00:50:09Lunch tomorrow?
00:50:11Too bad, young fellow, but it looks like Tanner's calling the play.
00:50:14That seems pretty clear.
00:50:1612.30.
00:50:26We'll start sputting new wells in the morning.
00:50:29Are those your orders or Tanner's?
00:50:31I'm just basing facts.
00:50:33But I don't have to like them, and I think you do.
00:50:48It's open.
00:50:56Are you that mad?
00:50:58Not mad.
00:51:00Just unnecessary.
00:51:02I didn't say so.
00:51:04You didn't need an engineer to develop that field.
00:51:07You can hire a drill pusher anywhere.
00:51:11Where are you going?
00:51:13Venezuela, Algiers, Tampico.
00:51:17What's the difference?
00:51:19Tampico? What's the difference?
00:51:26Not on the shoes.
00:51:33You once offered to buy me the best dinner in Tulsa and a bottle of champagne to cry into.
00:51:38I'll do the same for you.
00:51:40No sale.
00:51:42Okay.
00:51:45But as the man once said, there's nothing like being a good loser.
00:51:50All right.
00:51:52But make mine bourbon. I don't like champagne.
00:51:55Pick me up in 20 minutes.
00:52:15Max.
00:52:19Don't you see, Cherokee?
00:52:21Oil means more to me than just quick millions.
00:52:26It's like...
00:52:29Well...
00:52:32It's like those purebred Herefords were to your father.
00:52:36Running away won't solve anything.
00:52:40Brett, I need you.
00:52:42Maybe there'll be other chances.
00:52:45Not without legislation.
00:52:47That's it.
00:52:49If you stay here, you can fight for that.
00:52:51Go into politics.
00:52:53Oil's just part of the picture.
00:52:56Tulsa's growing, and we can grow with it.
00:52:59Who knows how far we can go?
00:53:13Skeletons?
00:53:15No.
00:53:17Trophies.
00:53:19I wore that the day our third well came in.
00:53:22And this was our second.
00:53:26Surely you remember this one.
00:53:29What a sight I was.
00:53:43Stay, won't you, darling?
00:53:46Brad stayed.
00:53:48The drills went down and the derricks shot up,
00:53:51and the oil money flowed in faster than Cherokee could spend it.
00:53:55She was the oil queen, all right.
00:53:57But that didn't seem to be enough.
00:53:59It wasn't just a question of getting even with Tanner anymore.
00:54:02It was a question of getting out of here.
00:54:05It was a question of getting out of here.
00:54:08It didn't seem to be enough.
00:54:10It wasn't just a question of getting even with Tanner anymore.
00:54:13Her ambition had run away with her.
00:54:15She was like Tulsa's new buildings, reaching for the sky.
00:54:38♪
00:55:04Right there.
00:55:05That's fine.
00:55:08Jenny, would you fix these dresses nicely for me, please?
00:55:15Let's see now.
00:55:16I've arranged for the musicians, the caterers, the florists.
00:55:20And half the population of Tulsa.
00:55:23I bet you couldn't rent a dress suit within a hundred miles of here.
00:55:26Had four offered for mine this afternoon.
00:55:28Pinky.
00:55:33Hello?
00:55:35Yes, Bruce.
00:55:38He'll be here.
00:55:40And Mr. Griffiths, too.
00:55:43All right, Bruce.
00:55:44See you tonight.
00:56:01Darling.
00:56:03Where have you been all week?
00:56:05Trying to sell conservation to a couple of politicians.
00:56:08How much am I offering for my vote?
00:56:12Here, let me take your coat.
00:56:14I'm glad you're in time for the party.
00:56:16What's the occasion this time?
00:56:18Culture, Carter.
00:56:19Reception for the opera company.
00:56:21I've invited the Governor, Senator Watts, Mrs.
00:56:24And Bruce Tanner?
00:56:26Well, after all, he's one of the sponsors of the opera.
00:56:30You're not really jealous, are you?
00:56:32Yes, I am.
00:56:33You needn't be.
00:56:34I'm going to marry you.
00:56:37When?
00:56:38In the sweet by and by.
00:56:43Oh, Pinky, hush.
00:56:45Don't mind me cutting.
00:56:47Man's waiting for his answer.
00:56:51When?
00:56:53Don't pin me down now, Brad.
00:56:54I've got a thousand things to do.
00:56:57There.
00:56:59I've got to see that caterer.
00:57:14Firewater ain't the answer, cousin.
00:57:17What is?
00:57:19I don't know.
00:57:21I don't know if there is water.
00:57:23I don't know.
00:57:25I don't know if there is one.
00:57:27She's got the bit in her teeth.
00:57:30She's headed for the mountains.
00:57:41Mrs. Bob.
00:57:42Miss Lansing.
00:57:43Good evening, Governor.
00:57:44I'm so glad you could come.
00:57:46Nice of you to ask.
00:57:54Hello, Bruce.
00:57:57When are you going to give up
00:57:59trying to take the state capital away from O.C.?
00:58:01Not until we get it, Ned.
00:58:07Spare time for a dance?
00:58:08Oh, Brad, I can't.
00:58:10The Governor.
00:58:18What's so funny?
00:58:20What's the matter with you?
00:58:21Oh, Brad.
00:58:24You're very fortunate, Miss Lansing,
00:58:26to have such an influential friend as Mr. Tanner.
00:58:29Oh, I don't know.
00:58:34Same.
00:58:35Governor, take another look at her,
00:58:37and I think you'll agree I'm the lucky one.
00:58:41The day her father was killed, he said to me,
00:58:43she's a gentle town.
00:58:44Her mother did.
00:58:54Hallelujah!
00:58:56Hallelujah!
00:58:58Hallelujah!
00:59:02Hallelujah!
00:59:05Hallelujah!
00:59:07Hallelujah!
00:59:20It isn't your fault, ma'am,
00:59:22But I, in Oklahoma, we haven't had a chance to cotton up to that heavy breathing type of singing.
00:59:26Uh, would you mind moving over, cousin?
00:59:30Ma'am, have you ever been on...
00:59:33No, ma'am. You ain't never been on a horse.
00:59:36Well, ma'am, I, in Oklahoma...
00:59:38Oh, oh, ma'am, just make yourself comfortable right there.
00:59:41I, in Oklahoma, we got a peculiar kind of a rhythm.
00:59:45Have you ever seen a cow hen riding the range, rounding up the cattle?
00:59:49Well, there's something about those hoofbeats that conjures up a rhythm, a song.
00:59:53You all know the words. The words are easy, and you know the first one.
00:59:57Tulsa, swinging down to Tulsa.
01:00:02Come on, Shorty, give me them hoofbeats.
01:00:05Down the trail to the one I love.
01:00:13I can hardly wait till I get to Tulsa.
01:00:18Climb on, cousin.
01:00:20With the moon and the stars and the one I'm dreaming of.
01:00:28Oklahoma Bluebird.
01:00:33No season blowing a gasket, cousin. Let's back it up eight bars.
01:00:36Oklahoma Bluebird.
01:00:41Sing your happy song.
01:00:45Pass the word along.
01:00:49Nothing can be lacking when I get back in Tulsa.
01:00:56Gotta get to Tulsa.
01:01:01Here at home is the crowning of mine.
01:01:09Tulsa, my lord, true, I'll be in my heaven.
01:01:16At the end of the trail with that loving gal.
01:01:21Goodbye.
01:01:35Thank you very much.
01:01:36My Pinky, you are a great artist. A great, great artist.
01:01:43Thank you, cousin.
01:01:44Come, we must dance.
01:01:49Dance, all right.
01:01:51Excuse me, Governor.
01:01:54Oh, Brady, I understand you've been needling some of the boys about a conservation bill.
01:01:58Now, I'd certainly like to have a little talk with you about that.
01:02:01What are some of the measures you have in mind?
01:02:03Well, Governor, it's something that we're going to have to come to sooner or later.
01:02:13They're waiting upstairs.
01:02:30Everybody here?
01:02:31Yes, Bruce, and the papers are ready to be signed.
01:02:33This is a mighty big project, Miss Lansing.
01:02:36Miss Lansing, this merger puts you and Tanner in the major leagues.
01:02:39I hope so.
01:02:41Well, I don't think Standard Oil is going to go out of business, but they'll know we're alive.
01:02:46Bruce, this is more production than I agreed to supply.
01:02:50It's a bigger deal than we figured, Cherry, but you can handle it.
01:02:55Can she?
01:02:58Yes.
01:03:03Of course, I can't make any promises, but I will appoint a commission.
01:03:07Well, that's good enough for me.
01:03:08Now, sir, if you'll excuse me.
01:03:10Go right ahead.
01:03:13Say, Pinky, have you seen Cherokee?
01:03:14Yeah, she went upstairs.
01:03:20Not again!
01:03:24See you tomorrow, Bruce.
01:03:25Good night.
01:03:26Congratulations.
01:03:31You know, Cherry, there's one section of your field you've barely touched.
01:03:34Jim Redbird's place.
01:03:36I know, but I made a promise about that.
01:03:38Well, offer him another sixth, even a fifth.
01:03:40This Tell Oil deal is too important, Cherry.
01:03:43Besides, he can't object to your making him a fortune.
01:03:45No, but Brad has some funny ideas, too.
01:03:49He won't be easy to persuade.
01:03:50Cherry, you underestimate yourself.
01:03:53There isn't anything you couldn't get a man to agree to.
01:03:57Brad!
01:04:02Brad!
01:04:05Brad!
01:04:08Brad!
01:04:14Listen!
01:04:14Listen, everybody!
01:04:16I must tell you some wonderful news.
01:04:18I'm going to be married.
01:04:21To a man you all know.
01:04:23A man I'm very much in love with.
01:04:26Brad Brady.
01:04:48Good night, Mr. Randall.
01:04:50Good night, Helen.
01:04:52Good night.
01:04:55Louise?
01:05:02That'll be all.
01:05:07Honey, forgive me for being such a jealous idiot.
01:05:10You're the nicest idiot I ever hoped to marry.
01:05:16I almost forgot the good news.
01:05:18I've hired a commission on conservation.
01:05:20Oh, that's wonderful.
01:05:21They're coming here to look at our field.
01:05:23And when they see the difference between Tanner's methods
01:05:25and the way we've handled Jim Redbird's place...
01:05:27Brad.
01:05:28I know we'll get the legislation we want.
01:05:29Brad, listen to me.
01:05:30What?
01:05:31I've made a deal with Tanner.
01:05:34It's big, darling.
01:05:35It can mean our own pipelines, refineries, filling stations.
01:05:39The whole works.
01:05:41Well, you might have said something to me.
01:05:43As a partner, if nothing else.
01:05:46I was afraid you wouldn't go along.
01:05:48It means drilling more wells on Jim Redbird's place.
01:05:51I know, I promised.
01:05:53But Jim wouldn't hold me to that promise now.
01:05:55He couldn't.
01:05:56Besides, it's in his own best interest, isn't it?
01:05:59You ask the questions and you answer them too.
01:06:01What do you want me to say?
01:06:04Just say that you're with me all the way.
01:06:07Give me the word and we can start our honeymoon tomorrow.
01:06:10And by the time we get back, we'll be right up there with Tanner.
01:06:14I'm afraid that's a little bit too high for me, Cherokee.
01:06:16I don't think I could breathe the same air as Tanner.
01:06:19What are you?
01:06:20A boy scout?
01:06:22Or a man?
01:06:23For some years I thought I was a man.
01:06:25But now I'm not so sure.
01:06:26Well, you better make up your mind, mister.
01:06:28The man I marry has got to be sure.
01:06:29Oh, no.
01:06:30You don't want a husband.
01:06:31You want a trained seal you can pull around on a leash.
01:06:34I can't stand tight collars.
01:06:36Well, I'm glad this happened tonight.
01:06:38I'm beginning to see what you really are.
01:06:41So am I.
01:06:42And I don't like me.
01:06:44You have a short memory.
01:06:46What were you when I first met you?
01:06:48A broken down jawhead full of empty talk.
01:06:51I've dragged you all the way to the top.
01:06:53And now that we have a chance for the big kill,
01:06:55what do I find?
01:06:57A scared little boy.
01:06:59Tanner was right.
01:07:00You're small and you think small.
01:07:02I don't need you.
01:07:04I don't want you.
01:07:06You go find some scared little girl
01:07:08and tell her what a big, brave man you are.
01:07:12♪
01:07:28Hurry it up.
01:07:29Get that old sign out of here.
01:07:31♪
01:07:46Hold on, Professor.
01:07:48Let's get him rolling.
01:07:56There's your answer, Jim.
01:07:57They're heading for your place.
01:07:58But she promised.
01:07:59She lied to you.
01:08:00She lied to us both.
01:08:02I'm going to see the governor.
01:08:04He may be able to do something.
01:08:06♪
01:08:18Well, how do you like your filling station?
01:08:20The orange clashes.
01:08:21Change it to green.
01:08:24Leave it to a woman every time.
01:08:26We'll change it.
01:08:29By the way,
01:08:31I've been meaning to congratulate you
01:08:33on your engagement.
01:08:34The engagement's broken.
01:08:36That's what I mean.
01:08:38♪
01:08:52Miss Lansing,
01:08:53do you accept expensive gifts from men?
01:08:56Oh, it's beautiful.
01:08:58Turn it over.
01:09:03The deed to the buffalo horn.
01:09:05Do I begin to look more like Santa Claus now?
01:09:09No.
01:09:11But you look awfully distinguished.
01:09:13Distinguished enough to be governor?
01:09:15The party thinks I'd make a good candidate.
01:09:18They have some wild idea I'm a fine public spirit citizen
01:09:21because I built a few skyscrapers
01:09:23and sponsored the Spavoneau water system.
01:09:25Governor Tanner.
01:09:27You could be.
01:09:28There's only one catch.
01:09:30They tell me the voters prefer family men.
01:09:35You'd make a lovely first lady, Cherry.
01:09:38Thanks, Bruce.
01:09:45We're a lot alike, Redhead.
01:09:46Smart, ambitious,
01:09:48and hard as a driller's fist.
01:09:53Right now, Tulsa's our city.
01:09:54We can make Oklahoma our state.
01:09:56After that, who knows?
01:09:59What do you say?
01:10:02Bruce!
01:10:03The Indian, Redbird.
01:10:05He won't let our men on his place.
01:10:07He almost took a shot at me.
01:10:08But Jim wouldn't do a thing like that.
01:10:10It wasn't no pop gun he was pointing.
01:10:11Says he doesn't want any more wells.
01:10:13Just say the word, Mr. Tanner,
01:10:14and we'll take care of that Indian for keeps.
01:10:16No!
01:10:17I won't have anything like that, Bruce.
01:10:19We need that oil, Cherry.
01:10:20We've got to have it.
01:10:21There must be some other way.
01:10:23There is.
01:10:25You can't break the lease with a shotgun.
01:10:27Get me Judge McKay.
01:10:36Yes.
01:10:37Well, this lease seems to be in order.
01:10:40Now, what's this all about?
01:10:42Your Honor, I want no more wells on my place.
01:10:45But you, you signed the lease.
01:10:47It doesn't restrict the number of wells.
01:10:49I don't want my land destroyed.
01:10:50But wait, Scotman, it's oil land.
01:10:52Don't you want the royalties that properly belong to you?
01:10:54Apparently he doesn't, Your Honor,
01:10:55and he doesn't want anyone else to have them either.
01:10:57Well, frankly, I could better understand your attitude
01:10:59if these people had refused to put in more wells.
01:11:02Mr. Winslow,
01:11:03has the Indian Department certified to this man's competency?
01:11:06Yes, sir.
01:11:07He ceased being a ward of the government on his 21st birthday.
01:11:10Well, I'm not at all sure he doesn't need a guardian.
01:11:13All we ask, Your Honor,
01:11:14is that he be restrained from further interference with our operations.
01:11:17No more shotguns.
01:11:19I so order.
01:11:20I so order.
01:11:21And I am issuing the injunction.
01:11:27What kind of justice is this
01:11:28which compels a man to stand by while his land is destroyed?
01:11:31If it is my land,
01:11:32it is my oil.
01:11:34I give you the oil.
01:11:35All of it.
01:11:36I give you the royalties.
01:11:37I want nothing from oil,
01:11:39and I want nothing from you, Sinatoni.
01:11:41But no more derricks on my land.
01:11:44Mr. Redbird,
01:11:45this is an official proceeding,
01:11:46and I can hold you in contempt of court.
01:11:48Mr. Winslow,
01:11:49I seriously question this man's competency.
01:11:51The department has no jurisdiction, Your Honor.
01:11:53Well, the court has.
01:11:55Mr. Redbird,
01:11:56if you cause any more trouble,
01:11:57this court will take steps
01:11:59to declare you a mental incompetent
01:12:01and appoint a guardian to handle your affairs.
01:12:10Jim.
01:12:12Try to understand.
01:12:14How can I understand, Sinatoni?
01:12:16You heard what the judge said.
01:12:18I'm crazy.
01:12:19I'm a crazy Indian.
01:12:28I feel real proud, Cherokee.
01:12:31Pinky, wait.
01:12:33Cherokee,
01:12:34where are you going?
01:12:35To tell Jim there'll be no more wells on his land.
01:12:37You can't afford to be sentimental now.
01:12:39There's too much at stake.
01:12:40Yes, and I've just realized what.
01:12:43Stop now, and you stop later.
01:12:45You stop now, and you stop tell oil.
01:12:47We'll lose a fortune.
01:12:48We deserve it.
01:12:49Welcome home, Cousin.
01:12:52Where's Jim, Pinky?
01:12:53He's gone, Brad. I've got to find him.
01:12:56She's down from the mountain, Brad.
01:12:57She's my cousin again.
01:13:10He seems to be in the government ward
01:13:11for his 21st birthday.
01:13:14He's the one that told Shuri he doesn't need a guardian.
01:13:19What kind of justice is this
01:13:20that propels a man to stand by his land?
01:13:23It's my land, my land.
01:13:24It's my oil, my oil.
01:13:34Mr. Redbird, Redbird,
01:13:35this is an official proceeding.
01:13:37I can hold you and hold you in court.
01:13:40Mr. McCloy, sir,
01:13:41you've got a question to ask.
01:13:43This department has no jurisdiction, Your Honor.
01:13:45The court has.
01:13:47Mr. Redbird, if you cause any more trouble,
01:13:49this court will take steps to declare you
01:13:51a felony incompetent.
01:13:53I'm going to fire you to handle your affairs.
01:13:57You try to understand.
01:14:01You're crazy.
01:14:03You're crazy.
01:14:05You're crazy.
01:14:07You're crazy.
01:14:09You're crazy.
01:14:11You're crazy.
01:14:13You're crazy.
01:14:15You're crazy.
01:14:17You're crazy.
01:14:19You're crazy.
01:14:41Crazy, crazy, crazy.
01:14:43Crazy, crazy, crazy.
01:15:11You're crazy.
01:15:13You're crazy.
01:15:15You're crazy.
01:15:17You're crazy.
01:15:19You're crazy.
01:15:21You're crazy.
01:15:23You're crazy.
01:15:25You're crazy.
01:15:27You're crazy.
01:15:29You're crazy.
01:15:31You're crazy.
01:15:33You're crazy.
01:15:35You're crazy.
01:15:37You're crazy.
01:15:39You're crazy.
01:15:41You're crazy.
01:15:43You're crazy.
01:15:45You're crazy.
01:15:47You're crazy.
01:15:49You're crazy.
01:15:51You're crazy.
01:15:53You're crazy.
01:15:55You're crazy.
01:15:57You're crazy.
01:15:59You're crazy.
01:16:01You're crazy.
01:16:03You're crazy.
01:16:05You're crazy.
01:16:07You're crazy.
01:16:15The field's on fire.
01:16:17Come on, let's go.
01:16:37Come on.
01:16:43Tanner said to build the freaking light switch place.
01:16:45We'll be lucky to stop it here.
01:16:47Get back there and close those pumps.
01:16:49We've got to shut down the control vents.
01:16:51You three men take the first line.
01:16:53Ray, you and your crew take the second line.
01:16:57The rest of you men get on up the road.
01:17:03Julie, you and Pinky break off the dynamite.
01:17:05Jimmy, you and Charlie come with me.
01:17:11Jimmy, shut off that valve.
01:17:13Chuck, you get that one.
01:17:35Come on.
01:18:05Come on.
01:18:35Chuck, you take that well over there.
01:18:41I told you to make the break at light switch place.
01:18:43Yeah, but Mr. Brady and Miss Lansing...
01:18:45We're stopping it here on Jim's place.
01:18:57All you men, go to the start and take the break up there.
01:18:59No, not there.
01:19:01What's the line?
01:19:03It's the field.
01:19:05That right field is the only place worth saving.
01:19:07Look, the tank's on.
01:19:09We've got to clear a fire break.
01:19:11Pull that first line of rigs.
01:19:13Hey, Bill. Get that can off the truck.
01:19:15You win, Cherry.
01:19:17Need someone to handle dynamite.
01:19:19That's for me, Bill.
01:19:21I'll handle dynamite.
01:19:23I'll handle dynamite.
01:19:25I'll handle dynamite.
01:19:27I'll handle dynamite.
01:19:29I'll handle dynamite.
01:19:31I'll handle dynamite.
01:19:33I'll handle dynamite.
01:19:35I'll handle dynamite.
01:19:37Need someone to handle dynamite.
01:19:39That's for me, Professor. I've been playing with it all my life.
01:19:41Here, you're through playing, Cotton.
01:19:43Am I picking, Gramps?
01:19:45More dynamite.
01:19:47Come on, hurry up.
01:20:07Cherry, you better get out of here.
01:20:29All right, take it away, Bill.
01:20:37Come on.
01:20:52Hold it.
01:21:07Jim!
01:21:15Cherry!
01:21:19Cherry, come on!
01:21:26Come on!
01:21:28Come on!
01:21:30Come on!
01:21:32Come on!
01:21:34Come on!
01:21:36Chick!
01:22:01quoit!
01:22:04Get off him!
01:22:06Let me in that seat.
01:22:07Put the blanket on me, Bill.
01:22:16Brady! Brady!
01:22:17Sherry and Redbird are trapped in there!
01:22:20You can't get through there!
01:22:21Where do you think you're going?
01:22:23Come back here!
01:22:24Tell those firemen to keep those hoses turned on me!
01:22:26Come back here!
01:22:27Get over, Bill.
01:22:29Put those hoses on him! On him!
01:22:37On him!
01:22:38On him!
01:23:06Get out of there!
01:23:36Come on, Bill. Come on.
01:23:59No!
01:24:06Why don't you get back and light your fuses?
01:24:24Red!
01:24:25Get ready to pick him up.
01:24:36Come on, Bill.
01:25:06I'm sorry, Senator.
01:25:33But when I saw all those dead cattle, I guess I did go crazy.
01:25:36You were never that, Jim.
01:25:37You're the last and the bravest man I ever knew in my life.
01:25:51She jumped that break!
01:25:53She's holding.
01:25:54Looks like Jim's break is going to be safe.
01:26:02Well, it was once an oil field.
01:26:29It's still an oil field.
01:26:30But it wouldn't have been after another year of your handling.
01:26:32You'd have pumped it dry.
01:26:33You ought to be glad this happened.
01:26:35Oh, sure.
01:26:36I ought to give this firebug a medal.
01:26:38Since when is it a crime to throw a match into a stream of running water?
01:26:41But there was oil in that water.
01:26:44So you admit your oil polluted that stream.
01:26:46And I admit nothing.
01:26:47Oh, what's the difference?
01:26:49That field's going to come to life again.
01:26:51But when it does, it's going to be just the way Brad planned it, with spaced wells.
01:26:55And fences to protect the cattle.
01:26:57And restricted oil production.
01:26:59If we can prove conservation here, the whole state will follow.
01:27:03The whole nation.
01:27:07Miss Lansing, I could kiss you.
01:27:09Professor, that's still a good idea.
01:27:13Well, cousins, that's the way it worked out.
01:27:17Modern oil fields are a lot different from the old ones.
01:27:20Like Signal Hill and Kettleman.
01:27:23Nowadays in East Texas, Louisiana, and California's Quiama Valley,
01:27:27you can see conservation working.
01:27:30And it's good for everybody.
01:27:32Cattlemen, oilmen, and us Tulsans.
01:27:36Yes, sir.
01:27:37Tulsa's still the oil capital of the world.
01:27:40And mighty proud of it.
01:27:42And proud of the folks who made it so.