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In Old Oklahoma (War of the Wildcats) (1943)

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Release Date: Dec 6, 1943 Wide

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In Old Oklahoma is better known today by its reissue title, War of the Wildcats. John Wayne heads the cast as oil man Dan Somers, who carries on a bitter feud with his crooked rival Hunk Gardner (Albert Dekker). Furthering the animosity between the two men is schoolteacher-turned-novelist Catherine Allen (Martha Scott), with whom both Dan and Hunk fall in love. The main story and the romantic second story both come to a head when Dan is offered a valuable contract if he can deliver an oil

PG, 1 hr. 42 min.

Western, Classics

Directed By: Albert S. Rogell

Written By: Thomson Burtis, Ethel Hill, Eleanore Griffin

In Theaters: Dec 6, 1943 Wide

Cast

John Wayne
Dan Somers
Martha Scott
Catherine Allen
Albert Dekker
Jim Hunk Gardner
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Desprit Dan
Marjorie Rambeau
Bessie Baxter
Dale Evans
Cuddles Walker
Grant Withers
Richardson
Sidney Blackmer
Theodore Roosevelt
Paul Fix
The Cherokee Kid
Cecil Cunningham
Mrs. Ames
Irving Bacon
Ben telegraph operator
Byron Foulger
Wilkins
Richard Graham
Walter
Stanley Andrews
Mason
Charles Arnt
Joe
Hooper Atchley
Roy Barcroft
Linda Brent
George Chandler
Lane Chandler
Man on train
Wade Crosby
William B. Davidson
Curley Dresden
Kenne Duncan
Rhonda Fleming
Bit Part
Edward Gargan
Kelsey
Bud Geary
Fred Graham
Pat Hogan
Jack Kirk
Arthur Loft
Other Men on the Train
Tom London
Tom
LeRoy Mason
Man on train
Anne O'Neal
Mrs. Peabody
Dick Rich
Man on train
Harry Shannon
Charlie Witherspoon
Emmett Vogan
Roosevelt's aide
Charles "Slim" Whitaker
Man on train
Will Wright
Doctor
Yakima Canutt
Robert Warwick
Big Tree
Harry Woods
Al Dalton
Jess Cavan
Shirley Jean Rickert

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Not much of a story, but John Wayne makes for a pleasant heroic figure.

August 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Decent but pretty average John Wayne western. The story is fine, the acting so-so. Nothing outstanding at all about the film, but it is well made and there is nothing awful about it either.

January 31, 2006

James Higgins

A pretty good western movie.

May 6, 2005

Jonathan Sloderbeck

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