The Oklahoman
That Ramrod Guy From Whichita is Bullet-Hot as the Greatest Plainsman of Them All !
1957 · 1h 20m · APPROVED
Western
Directed by
Francis D. Lyon
Overview
After his wife dies in childbirth, a doctor settles down in the small Oklahoma town of Cherokee Wells to raise his newborn daughter. Unfortunately, not all the citizens there are hospitable, especially when the doctor hires a pretty Indian teenager as his child's nanny.
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