Cimarron

The Oklahoma land rush of 1889 provides the starting point for this western drama, based on a novel by Edna Ferber. Yancey Cravat (Glenn Ford) is an impulsive, short-fused cowboy who has married an immigrant woman, Sabra (Maria Schell). Together, Yancey and Sabra claim a homestead, and Yancey starts ...more

There's no doubt that the land rush sequence in the 1960 version of Cimarron is one of the most exciting and stimulating sequences from the cinema of the period. Director Anthony Mann, cinematographer Robert Surtees and editor John D. Dunning, with an able assist from Franz Waxman's stirring score, make this segment striking, memorable and dramatic, a visual feast that keeps the heart pounding from start to finish. Had the rest of Cimarron had half of this sequence's impact, it would have been ...more