Cimarron

Cimarron

123 mins | Drama, History, Western | Feb. 9, 1931

When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.

Cimarron

123 mins | Drama, History, Western | Feb. 9, 1931

Cimarron
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Cimarron
Directors F.D. Langton, Doran Cox, Dewey Starkey, Wesley Ruggles
Writers Howard Estabrook, Edna Ferber

Cast

Richard Dix

as Yancey Cravat

Irene Dunne

as Sabra Cravat

Estelle Taylor

as Dixie Lee

Nance O'Neil

as Felice Venable

William Collier Jr.

as The Kid

Roscoe Ates

as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)

George E. Stone

as Sol Levy

Stanley Fields

as Les Yountis

Robert McWade

as Louis Hefner

Edna May Oliver

as Mrs. Tracy Wyatt

Judith Barrett

as Donna Cravat (as Nancy Dover)

Eugene Jackson

as Isaiah

Max Barwyn

as Sabra's Luncheon Greeter (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

as (uncredited)

Edith Fellows

as (uncredited)

Otto Hoffman

as Murch Rankin (uncredited)

William Janney

as Man Phoning Ambulance (uncredited)

Bob Kortman

as Killer (uncredited)

Frank Lackteen

as Man Warning Yountis (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

as (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

as (uncredited)

Helen Parrish

as Young Donna (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale

as (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

as Dancer at Ball