The Boy from Oklahoma

The Boy from Oklahoma

Directed by	Michael Curtiz Oren W. Haglund (assistant director)
Written by	Michael Fessier (story: The Sheriff Was Scared) Frank Davis (screenplay) Winston Miller (screenplay)
Starring	Will Rogers, Jr. Nancy Olson
Music by	Max Steiner
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	February 27, 1954 (1954-02-27)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Boy from Oklahoma is a 1954 Western movie directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Will Rogers, Jr. The film became the basis for the 1957 Warner Bros. television series Sugarfoot, in which Will Hutchins replaced Rogers as lead character Tom Brewster. The movie features Lon Chaney, Jr. and includes one of future TV talk show host Merv Griffin's few theatrical film roles. In the movie version, Rogers as Brewster substitutes facility with a twirling rope, similar to Will Rogers, Sr.'s, for the usual unerring speed and accuracy with firearms typically found in cinematic cowboy heroes.

Three of the original cast members from the movie, Louis Jean Heydt, Sheb Wooley, and Slim Pickens, were transplanted directly into the subsequent TV show's pilot, "Brannigan's Boots," playing their roles from the movie; the first episode of Sugarfoot follows the film's script fairly faithfully. Dennis Hopper succeeded James Griffith as Billy the Kid in the television version, Merry Anders took over the part of Katie Brannigan from Nancy Olson, and Chubby Johnson replaced Wallace Ford as Wally Higgins for the small screen.

Reviewing the DVD release in 2013, Gene Triplett of The Oklahoman called the film an "amiable oater" with a plot that "may sound like potential corn on the cob to some" but turns out to be "unexpectedly well-crafted entertainment".^[1]

Cast

Will Rogers, Jr. as Sheriff Tom Brewster
Nancy Olson as Katie Brannigan
Lon Chaney, Jr. as Crazy Charlie
Anthony Caruso as Mayor Barney Turlock
Wallace Ford as Postmaster Wally Higgins
Clem Bevans as Pop Pruty, Justice of the Peace
Merv Griffin as Steve
Louis Jean Heydt as Paul Evans
Sheb Wooley as Pete Martin
Slim Pickens as Shorty
Tyler MacDuff as Billy the Kid
James Griffith as Joe Downey

References

↑ Gene Triplett, "DVD review: 'The Boy from Oklahoma'", The Oklahoman, March 22, 2013.

External links

The Boy from Oklahoma at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Michael Curtiz

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