Oklahoma Kid

Movie
German title	Oklahoma Kid
Original title	The Oklahoma Kid
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1939
length	85 minutes
Rod
Director	Lloyd Bacon
script	Wally Kline, Edward E. Paramore
production	Samuel Bischoff , Hal B. Wallis for Warner Brothers
music	Max Steiner
camera	James Wong Howe
cut	Owen Marks
occupation
James Cagney : Jim Kincaid (aka "Oklahoma Kid") Humphrey Bogart : Whip McCord Rosemary Lane : Jane Hardwick Donald Crisp : Hardwick (judge) Harvey Stephens : Ned Kincaid Hugh Sothern : John Kincaid Charles Middleton : Alec Martin Edward Pawley : Ace Doolin Ward Bond : Wes Handley Lew Harvey : Ed Curley Trevor Bardette : Indian Joe Pasco John Miljan : Ringo (Lawyer) Arthur Aylesworth : Judge Morgan Stuart Holmes : Grover Cleveland

Oklahoma Kid (original title The Oklahoma Kid ) is an American film from 1939 with James Cagney , Rosemary Lane and Humphrey Bogart in the lead roles. It belongs to the western genre . It was directed by Lloyd Bacon .

action

The plot begins with the expropriation and expulsion of the Indians from Oklahoma Territory for a ridiculous payment. After the displacement, the Oklahoma Land Run begins in 1893. Settlers and adventurers tear the land under the nail and try to enforce their idea of ​​civilization. The criminal saloon owner Whip McCord ruled and terrorized with his gang an entire small town, later Tulsa , and turned it into a den of sin . John Kincaid and his son Ned settle nearby. Both want to rid the city of crime and establish a civilization. John is running for mayor and Ned for sheriff. McCord has John arrested and lynched. Jim "Oklahoma Kid" Kincaid, who doesn't take the law too seriously and doesn't actually follow any moral rules, comes to town to work with Ned to avenge his father. During a showdown in the saloon, Ned is seriously injured by McCord, but is able to kill him, which saves his brother's life. Ned forgives Jim and dies in his arms. The Oklahoma Kid marries Jane, Judge Hardwick's daughter, with whom he has long been in love.

criticism

"An action-packed western that relocates the plot patterns and actors of the American gangster film of the 1930s to the pioneering days."

- Lexicon of international film

Dennis Schwartz wrote about the film that even an A cast would not turn a B western into an A western.

additional

• James Cagney sings Rockabye Baby and I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard .
• It is the third film in which Cagney plays the criminal with the good heart and Bogart the profoundly depraved villain. Before that, the two Hollywood stars acted in the gangster films The Roaring Twenties and Chicago - Angels with Dirty Faces in similar roles.
• The film music was composed by Max Steiner , who with 24 Academy Award nominations for the best film music is one of the most successful film composers in history. In the film he uses some of the melodies by Stephen Foster .

Web links

• Oklahoma Kid in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Oklahoma Kid on RottenTomatoes

Individual evidence

1. ^ Oklahoma Kid. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 27, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Oklahoma Kid, The. In: Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews. July 2, 2005, accessed July 25, 2020 .