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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   884 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Arnold Schulman (screenplay)
Edna Ferber (novel)
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Release Date:
December 1960 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Story of a VAST and VIOLENT LAND! more
Plot:
The epic saga of a frontier family, Cimarron starts with the Oklahoma Land Rush on 22 April 1889. The... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win more
User Reviews:
Good but not great more (24 total)

Cast

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Glenn Ford ... Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat (editor, 'Oklahoma Wigwam')
Maria Schell ... Sabra Cravat born Venable

Anne Baxter ... Dixie Lee (owner, Dixie's Social Club)
Arthur O'Connell ... Tom Wyatt
Russ Tamblyn ... William Hardy / The Cherokee Kid
Mercedes McCambridge ... Mrs. Sarah Wyatt

Vic Morrow ... Wes Jennings (Cherokee Kid gang)
Robert Keith ... Sam Pegler (owner, 'Oklahoma Wigwam')
Charles McGraw ... Bob Yountis
Harry Morgan ... Jessie Rickey (printer) (as Henry {Harry} Morgan)
David Opatoshu ... Sol Levy (shopkeeper)
Aline MacMahon ... Mrs. Mavis Pegler
Lili Darvas ... Felicia Venable (Sabra's mother)
Edgar Buchanan ... Judge Neal Hefner

Mary Wickes ... Mrs. Neal Hefner
Royal Dano ... Ike Howes (photographer)
L.Q. Jones ... Millis (Yountis' henchman)
George Brenlin ... Hoss Barry - Cherokee Kid gang
Vladimir Sokoloff ... Jacob Krubeckoff (sculptor)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andy Albin ... Water Man (uncredited)
Rayford Barnes ... Cavalry sergeant who breaks up fight (uncredited)
Mary Benoit ... Mrs. Lancey (uncredited)
Barry Bernard ... Butler (uncredited)
Janet Brandt ... Madam Rhoda (uncredited)
Paul Bryar ... Mr. Self (politician) (uncredited)
Robert Carson ... Senator Rollins (uncredited)
John L. Cason ... Suggs (uncredited)
William Challee ... Barber (uncredited)
Fred Coby ... Oil worker (uncredited)
Jack Daly ... Wyatt's Man (uncredited)
John Damler ... Foreman (uncredited)
Richard Davies ... Mr. Hodges (uncredited)
Phyllis Douglas ... Sadie (uncredited)
Ted Eccles ... Cimarron Cravat - age 2 (uncredited)
LaRue Farlow ... Dancer (uncredited)
Coleman Francis ... Mr. Geer (uncredited)
James Halferty ... Cimarron Cravat - age 10 (uncredited)
Clegg Hoyt ... Grat Gotch (uncredited)
Irene James ... Townswoman (uncredited)
Jimmy Lewis ... Hefner Boy (uncredited)
Dawn Little Sky ... Arita Red Feather (uncredited)
Eddie Little Sky ... Ben Red Feather (uncredited)
Buzz Martin ... Cimarron Cravat - as a young man (uncredited)
J. Edward McKinley ... Beck (uncredited)
Walter Merrill ... Reporter (uncredited)
John Pickard ... Ned - Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
Ralph Reed ... Bellboy (uncredited)
William Remick ... Reporter (uncredited)
Gene Roth ... Connors (uncredited)
Charles Seel ... Charles (uncredited)
Ivan Triesault ... Lewis Venable (Sabra's father) (uncredited)
Charles Watts ... Lou Brothers (politician) (uncredited)
Helen Westcott ... Miss Kuye - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Robert Williams ... Oil Worker (uncredited)
Jeane Wood ... Clubwoman (uncredited)
Wilson Wood ... Reporter (uncredited)
Jorie Wyler ... Theresa Jump (uncredited)
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Directed by
Anthony Mann 
Charles Walters (uncredited)
 
Writing credits
Arnold Schulman (screenplay)

Edna Ferber (novel)

Produced by
Edmund Grainger .... producer
 
Original Music by
Franz Waxman 
 
Cinematography by
Robert Surtees  (as Robert L. Surtees)
 
Film Editing by
John D. Dunning  (as John Dunning)
 
Art Direction by
George W. Davis 
Addison Hehr 
 
Set Decoration by
Henry Grace 
Hugh Hunt 
Otto Siegel 
 
Costume Design by
Walter Plunkett 
 
Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff .... hair stylist
William Tuttle .... makeup designer
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ridgeway Callow .... assistant director
Carl 'Major' Roup .... second assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Franklin Milton .... recording supervisor
Van Allen James .... sound editor (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
A. Arnold Gillespie .... special effects
Robert R. Hoag .... special effects
Lee LeBlanc .... special effects
 
Visual Effects by
Matthew Yuricich .... visual effects artist (uncredited)
 
Stunts
John L. Cason .... stunts (uncredited)
Muriel Walter .... stunt horse rider (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Charles K. Hagedon .... color consultant
 
Music Department
Roger Wagner Chorale .... singers: theme song
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Edna Ferber's Cimarron (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
147 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Eva Marie Saint was considered for the role of Sabra. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the scene where Jessie Rickey is using a letterpress to print "wanted" posters of the Cherokee Kid and his gang, even though he handed a "fresh" copy to Yancey Cravat, he is running the press dry which would yield no printed impressions - on letterpresses of that type, ink would be applied to the lead type with a roller before the paper is laid down to be run through the press. Plus, he is taking the finished copies off and without looking placing them face down - any printer worth his salt would inspect every print for quality before setting it aside. more
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3 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Good but not great, 23 September 2008
6/10
Author: ryancm from United States

There is a lot right with CIMARRON, but a lot wrong too. Now on DVD in a great transfer/wide screen/stereo sound, it's interesting viewing. Not having read the book I can't compare, but there are several plot doings that don't have any conclusions. The movie is an epic of sorts and would have run hours if everything came together. A bit illocgical at times. Main plot line is Glenn Ford and Maria Schell a newlyweds coming to settle in Oklahoma when free land is available. In the span of over 30 years there is much going happening both good and bad, just like in real life. If I hadn't seen Glenn Ford in so many films I would think his performance would be excellent, but he kind of mumbles and hems and hahs every other sentence in every film he's in. He acts very much like he did in TEASHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON just a few years earlier. Better direction was needed for his character. Maria Shell was quite wonderful in a difficult role and she's in almost every frame the last 1/4th of the movie. The support actors are all good to fair. Russ Tamblyn disappoints as the baddie. Anne Baxter does well in an ill-defined role. Looks like most of her performance ended up on the cutting room floor or wasn't even filmed. Too many conflicts go unresolved...but it's still an interesting film with much to admire, especially the the cinematography and music score. Worth a look.

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