In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.
Cinematography
Todd-AO 70mm made wheat fields look like alien planets.
Direction
Zinnemann turned a stage musical into actual cinema.
Acting
Rod Steiger's Jud Fry: unhinged, unforgettable, unloved.
Director
Fred Zinnemann
Gordon MacRae
Curly McLain
Shirley Jones
Laurey Williams
Gloria Grahame
Ado Annie Carnes
Charlotte Greenwood
Aunt Eller
Eddie Albert
Ali Hakim
Rod Steiger
Jud Fry
Jay C. Flippen
Skidmore
James Whitmore
Mr. Carnes
Gene Nelson
Will Parker
Barbara Lawrence
Gertie
Roy Barcroft
Marshal
James Mitchell
Dream Curly / Dancer
Bambi Linn
Dream Laurey / Dancer
Virginia Bosler
Dancer
Kelly Brown
Dancer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
First film shot in Todd-AO 70mm, a format so wide it required curved screens. Hollywood bet big on Oklahoma! as the future of cinema—then TV ate everything.
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