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The Doolins of Oklahoma
Wanted: Dead or alive
When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyville, 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. Once again he becomes an outlaw trying to escape from the law.
- Original title
- The Doolins of Oklahoma
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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John Chard
Jun 24, 2018 · via TMDB
From Daltons to Doolins. The Doolins of Oklahoma (AKA: The Great Manhunt) is directed by Gordon Douglas and written by Kenneth Garnet. It stars Randolph Scott, George Macready, Louise Albritton, John Ireland, Noah Beery Junior, Charles Kemper and Viginia Huston. Music is by George Duning and Paul Sawtell and cinematography by Charles Lawton Jr. After the fall of the Dalton Gang, Bill Doolin (Scott) becomes head of his own gang of outlaws. But with the law in hot pursuit and his yearning to start a new life, Doolin knows he is greatly up against it. Since it irritates many, it needs pointing out that if you are searching for a history lesson - a film full of real life fact - then look elsewhere. This is at best an interpretation of Bill Doolin the outlaw, where the makers get some things right and others not so. So just settle in for a Western movie, out to entertain with that bastion of the Western, Randy Scott, up front and central. Standard rules of 1940s/50s Westerns apply, meaning there is nothing new across the dusty plains here, outlaw wants to escape his past but circumstances refuse to let him do so. Cue moral and emotional conflict, chases, fisticuffs, shootings, robberies and macho posturing. The Doolin gang are here portrayed as lovable rogues, with main man Bill particularly exuding that fact, and it's here where the Production Code tempers the promise of something more biting in narrative thrust. The lady characters are unfortunately short changed in the writing, leaving the guys to carry the pic to safety conclusion. At production level there is much to admire. Lawton's black and white photography is crisp and detailed, the interiors atmospherically photographed, the exteriors gorgeously showcasing the Calif locations to full effect. Stunt work (with legendary Yakima Canutt on point detail) is high grade, exciting and authenticity rolled into one. While the crowning glory comes with the stampede at pic's finale, exhilarating is not overstating it. Cast can't be faulted, the ever watchable Scott surrounding by genre pros who don't know how to soil a Western, and with Douglas in the director's chair you got a man who knows his way around an honest Oater. No pulling up of trees here, and some familiarity does do it down for those in tight with the genre, but lots to like here. From the gunny opening salvo to the mighty stampede, and encompassing rueful closings, it's a treat regardless of historical lessons. 7/10
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Randolph Scott
Bill Doolin / Bill Daley
George Macready
Marshal Sam Hughes
Louise Allbritton
Rose of Cimarron
John Ireland
Bitter Creek
Noah Beery Jr.
Little Bill / Joe Smith
Virginia Huston
Elaine Burton
Charles Kemper
Thomas 'Arkansas' Jones
Dona Drake
Cattle Annie
Robert Barrat
Marshal Heck Thomas
Lee Patrick
Melissa Price
Griff Barnett
Deacon Burton
Frank Fenton
George Wakeman / Red Buck
Jock Mahoney
Tulsa Jack Blake
Al Hill
Deputy Madison (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham
Marshal Nix (uncredited)
Robert Osterloh
Wichita Smith (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Coffeyville Sheriff (uncredited)
Herman Hack
Coffeyville Deputy (uncredited)
Al Thompson
Coffeyville Citizen Outside Bank (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Storekeeper (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Bank Clerk (uncredited)
James Kirkwood
Rev. Mears (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Rancher With Barbed Wire (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Train Engineer (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
Cowhand Angry About Barbed Wire (uncredited)
Evelyn Selbie
Birdie (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
Table Pusher (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Marshal (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Deputy (uncredited)
George Chesebro
Deputy (uncredited)
Joe Phillips
Deputy (uncredited)
David Clarke
Dalton (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
Al (uncredited)
Vernon Dent
Bank Clerk (uncredited)
John Kellogg
Townsman (uncredited)
Mira McKinney
Maudie (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Bartender (uncredited)
William Haade
Emmett Dalton (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
Paul Scardon
Minor Role (uncredited)
Charles Lawton Jr.
Director of Photography
Gordon Douglas
Director
George Duning
Original Music Composer
Oklahoma Raiders
Oklahoma Territory
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Hang 'em High
Far and Away
Oklahoma!
Cheyenne Autumn
Oklahoma!
Best of the Badmen
Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws
Man from Oklahoma
Oklahoma Outlaws
Cimarron
In Old Oklahoma
Tumbleweeds
The Oklahoman
Finger on the Trigger
Cimarron
You Know My Name
They Die by Dawn
Rio Bravo
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Gunfighter
El Dorado
Hud
Open Range
The Cowboys
The Tall T
Dodge City
Silverado
Colorado Territory
Day of the Outlaw
News of the World
Boss Nigger
Chato's Land
The Violent Men
The Jack Bull
Death of a Gunfighter
Wild Rovers
American Outlaws
May 27, 1949
