Fresh
"Cimarron" is magnificent in scope, powerful in treatment, admirable in acting. But it is even more than all this. It is one of few talking picture productions which inspires rather than awes.
Irene Thirer, New York Daily News
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Cimarron
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Wesley Ruggles Director
- 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
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
53%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is a spectacular western away from all others. It holds action, sentiment, sympathy, thrills and comedy -- and 100% clean.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
A graphic and engrossing screen conception.
Mordaunt Hall, New York Times
Rotten
Critically lauded at the time of its release, Cimarron was beloved by most who saw it. Eight decades later, it is frequently cited on lists of the most undeserving Academy Award winners.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
It is a long, full-bodied picture, paced so deftly that although it covers more than half a century of crowded, changing events, it never drags and is rarely jerky.
TIME Magazine
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