Oklahoma Hell
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Oklahoma Hell |
| Original title | In Old Oklahoma |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1943 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Albert S. Rogell |
| script |
Thomson Burtis Eleanore Griffin Ethel Hill |
| production | Robert North |
| music | Walter Scharf |
| camera | Jack Marta |
| cut | Ernest Sims |
| occupation | |
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The Hell of Oklahoma (original title: In Old Oklahoma ) is a western starring John Wayne , which was filmed in 1943. It is based on the story War of the Wildcats by Thomson Burtis . The world premiere took place on December 6, 1943.
action
Oklahoma in 1906: Teacher Catherine Allen meets businessman Jim Gardner and cowboy Dan Somers. Gardner drills for oil regardless of the indigenous Indians and settlers. Somers is hired by Gardner as an employee. Since Somers has better relations both with the Indians and with Washington, he boots Gardner and takes over the oil drilling on his own. Gardner sabotages Somer's venture as much as he can, but ultimately has to bow to Somer's assertiveness. Somers also has the upper hand in the rivalry over Catherine Allen.
Awards
The film was nominated for two Oscars in the categories of best sound and best film music in 1944 , but could not win any.
Reviews
- "Temperament and humor, but very rough Wild West pace."
- "The climax of this oil western is a huge fight between the cowboy John Wayne and his adversary Dekker (...)." (Rating: 2 stars = average)
- Joe Hembus notes that Oklahoma Hell is "a tumultuous film of the oil border, which was the last frontier of the west after the cattle and gold borders ."
- Phil Hardy notes that the best thing about the film is "the action sequences, particularly the convoy of oil-filled wagons through the prairie during a bush fire"
Web links
- In Old Oklahoma in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 6000 films. Critical notes from the cinema years 1945 to 1958. Handbook V of the Catholic film criticism, 3rd edition, Verlag Haus Altenberg, Düsseldorf 1963, p. 197
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz in Lexicon "Films on TV" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 372
- ^ Joe Hembus: Western Lexicon - 1272 films from 1894-1975 . Carl Hanser Verlag Munich Vienna 2nd edition 1977. ISBN 3-446-12189-7 , p. 294.
- ^ Phil Hardy: The Encyclopedia of Western Movies. Woodbury Press Minneapolis 1984. ISBN 0-8300-0405-X , p. 137.