Western

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.

Release Date : 1949-05-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Producers-Actors CorporationColumbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Bill Doolin / Bill Daley

Original Name : Randolph Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marshal Sam Hughes

Original Name : George Macready

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rose of Cimarron

Original Name : Louise Allbritton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bitter Creek

Original Name : John Ireland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Bill / Joe Smith

Original Name : Noah Beery Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elaine Burton

Original Name : Virginia Huston

Gender : Female

Character Name : Thomas 'Arkansas' Jones

Original Name : Charles Kemper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cattle Annie

Original Name : Dona Drake

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marshal Heck Thomas

Original Name : Robert Barrat

Gender : Male

Character Name : Melissa Price

Original Name : Lee Patrick

Gender : Female

Character Name : Deacon Burton

Original Name : Griff Barnett

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Wakeman / Red Buck

Original Name : Frank Fenton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tulsa Jack Blake

Original Name : Jock Mahoney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy Madison (uncredited)

Original Name : Al Hill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grat Dalton (uncredited)

Original Name : Reed Howes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marshal Nix (uncredited)

Original Name : Lloyd Ingraham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wichita Smith (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Osterloh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Passenger (uncredited)

Original Name : Minerva Urecal

Gender : Female

Character Name : Masterson (uncredited)

Original Name : George DeNormand

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coffeyville Sheriff (uncredited)

Original Name : Stanley Andrews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coffeyville Deputy (uncredited)

Original Name : Herman Hack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coffeyville Deputy (uncredited)

Original Name : Victor Cox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coffeyville Deputy (uncredited)

Original Name : Herman Nowlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coffeyville Citizen Outside Bank (uncredited)

Original Name : Al Thompson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Storekeeper (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Tyler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bank Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Tornek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rev. Mears (uncredited)

Original Name : James Kirkwood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rancher With Barbed Wire (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Jeffers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Engineer (uncredited)

Original Name : Eddie Dunn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cowhand Angry About Barbed Wire (uncredited)

Original Name : Kermit Maynard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Birdie (uncredited)

Original Name : Evelyn Selbie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Table Pusher (uncredited)

Original Name : Bob Reeves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Gertrude Astor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Burton (uncredited)

Original Name : Virginia Brissac

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marshal (uncredited)

Original Name : Chuck Hamilton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Original Name : Al Bridge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy (uncredited)

Original Name : Ethan Laidlaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy (uncredited)

Original Name : George Chesebro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Phillips

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom McDonough

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dalton (uncredited)

Original Name : David Clarke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Al (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul E. Burns

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bank Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Vernon Dent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : John Kellogg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maudie (uncredited)

Original Name : Mira McKinney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bartender (uncredited)

Original Name : William H. O'Brien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emmett Dalton (uncredited)

Original Name : William Haade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Art Felix

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy Marshal (uncredited)

Original Name : Pat O'Malley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Scardon

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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