FILM

Oklahoma!

Two cowboys compete with an evil ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the women they love in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma!
Released:
October 11, 1955

Cast:

Gordon MacRae
Shirley Jones
Gloria Grahame
Gene Nelson
Charlotte Greenwood
Rod Steiger
Eddie Albert
James Whitmore

Director:
Fred Zinnemann

Producer:
Arthur Hornblow Jr.

Written by:
Sonya Levien, William Ludwig

Distributor:
Magna Theatre Corporation (70mm), RKO Radio Pictures (35mm)

Budget:
$5,000,000

Awards:

Academy Awards (Won) - Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, and Adolph Deutsch)
Academy Awards (Won) - Best Sound, Recording (Fred Hynes)
Academy Awards (Nominated) - Best Cinematography, Color (Robert Surtees)
Academy Awards (Nominated) - Best Film Editing (for Gene Ruggiero and George Boemler)



Rotten Tomatoes Score:
96