Cimarron

"The Story Of A Man, A Land and A Love!"

Jan 22 1961 Approved 2h 27m
Drama, Romance, Western

The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.

Plot

The epic saga of a frontier family, Cimarron starts with the Oklahoma Land Rush on 22 April 1889. The Cravet family builds their newspaper Oklahoma Wigwam into a business empire and Yancey Cravet is the adventurer-idealist who, to his wife's anger, spurns the opportunity to become governor since this means helping to defraud the native Americans of their land and resources.

Written by

Arnold Schulman, Edna Ferber

Directed by

Anthony Mann, Charles Walters

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
3,584
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA