Cimarron

Director: Anthony Mann Anthony Mann

Overview

The Oklahoma land rush of 1889 is the setting for thousands of greedy pioneers attempting to drive native Americans off their land. The film covers a twenty five year period in which Indians are driven from their land and lose oil rights to heartless land grabbers.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/09/2020
UPC:	0883929712151
Original Release:	1960
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:27:00
Sales rank:	29,924

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Glenn Ford	Actor
Maria Schell	Actor
Anne Baxter	Actor
Arthur O'Connell	Actor
Russ Tamblyn	The Kid
Mercedes McCambridge	Sarah Wyatt
Vic Morrow	Wes
Robert Keith	Sam Pegler
Charles McGraw	Bob Yountis
Harry Morgan	Jesse Rickey
David Opatoshu	Sol Levy
Aline MacMahon	Mrs. Pegler
Lili Darvas	Felicia Venable
Edgar Buchanan	Neal Hefner
Mary Wickes	Mrs. Hefner
Royal Dano	Ike Howes
L.Q. Jones	Millis
George Brenlin	Hoss
Vladimir Sokoloff	Jacob Krubeckoff
Ivan Triesault	Lewis Venable
Buzz Martin	Cim Cravet
John Cason	Suggs
Dawn Little Sky	Arita Red Feather,Ben Red Feather
Franz Waxman	Composer
Edward Sky	Ben Red Feather
Andy Albin	Water Man
Leon Alton	Townsman at Celebration
Alex Ball	Party Guest
Rayford Barnes	Cavalry Sergeant Who Breaks Up Fight
Mary Benoit	Mrs. Lancey
Barry Bernard	Butler
Phil Bloom	Settler
Danny Borzage	Townsman
Chet Brandenburg	Townsman

Technical Credits

Arnold Schulman

Edna Ferber

Anthony Mann	Director
Arnold Schulman	Screenwriter
Edmund Grainger	Producer
A. Arnold Gillespie	Special Effects
Robert R. Hoag	Special Effects
Lee LeBlanc	Special Effects
Edna Ferber	Screenwriter
Matthew Yuricich	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

There's no doubt that the land rush sequence in the 1960 version of Cimarron is one of the most exciting and stimulating sequences from the cinema of the period. Director Anthony Mann, cinematographer Robert Surtees and editor John D. Dunning, with an able assist from Franz Waxman's stirring score, make this segment striking, memorable and dramatic, a visual feast that keeps the heart pounding from start to finish. Had the rest of Cimarron had half of this sequence's impact, it would have been one of the finest films of the period. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Oh, there are things to like in it, including the way Mann uses his camera and the widescreen process to capture stunning vistas and give a truly epic feel to portions of the film. Glenn Ford is also well cast, and Maria Schell doesn't do poorly, and they're supported by solid turns from Mercedes McCambridcge, Arthur O'Connell and Anne Baxter, among others. But Mann isn't able to focus the dramatic throughline in the film. He may perhaps have been aiming for some interesting ambivalence and ambiguity in the characters, their actions and the perceptions of their actions by others, but what comes across is confusion and, ultimately, disinterest. The film goes on for too long; Arnold Shulman's screenplay gets bogged down several times, and character motivation becomes fuzzy. Still, when it works, it's gangbusters, and those sequences that do work make it worth viewing.