Cimarron (1960 film)
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| Directed by | Anthony Mann |
| Produced by | Edmund Grainger |
| Screenplay by | Arnold Schulman |
| Based on |
Cimarron 1929 novel by Edna Ferber |
| Starring |
Glenn Ford Maria Schell Anne Baxter Harry Morgan |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
| Cinematography | Robert Surtees |
| Edited by | John D. Dunning |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Release date
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December 1, 1960, Oklahoma City (premiere) |
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Running time
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147 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5,421,000 |
| Box office | $4,825,000 |
Cimarron is a 1960 Metrocolor western film filmed in CinemaScope, based on the Edna Ferber novel Cimarron, featuring Glenn Ford and Maria Schell. It was directed by Anthony Mann, known for his westerns and film noirs.
Ferber's novel was previously adapted in 1931; that version won three Academy Awards.
Cimarron was the first of three epics (the others being El Cid and The Fall of the Roman Empire) Mann directed. Despite high production costs and an experienced cast of western veterans, stage actors, and future stars, the film was released with little fanfare.
Sabra Cravat's (Maria Schell) wealthy Kansas City parents try to dissuade her from participating in a land run in the Oklahoma territory with her new husband Yancey (Glenn Ford), but she is adamant. During the journey, Sabra's knowledge of her husband's character deepens, and when he lends one of his covered wagons to Tom (Arthur O'Connell) and Sarah Wyatt (Mercedes McCambridge) and their large, destitute family, she experiences his generosity.
Upon arriving in Oklahoma and meeting many of Yancey's friends, including a lady of the evening named Dixie Lee (Anne Baxter), she discovers that he is something of an adventurer. Sabra has her first disagreement with Yancey, however, when he staunchly defends an American Indian family whose wagon has been overturned by a group of angry men. Even though a Cavalry officer states that Ben and Arita Red Feather have the right to participate in the land run, Sabra, a French American, wonders aloud whether Yancey should have risked injury just to help some Indians.
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