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Plot
President Cleveland signs the bill allowing the sale of the Cherokee Strip (actually, the Cherokee Outlet) in the future state of Oklahoma. After the money arrives by train, it is then loaded onto a stagecoach which subsequently gets robbed by Whip McCord (Humphrey Bogart) and his gang. Jim Kincaid, also known as "The Oklahoma Kid", (James Cagney) sees the robbery, and then ambushes the gang and makes off with the money.

Settlers are arriving to stake their property claims in what would be the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893. At a settlers' dance, the Kid meets Jane Hardwick (Rosemary Lane), daughter of Judge Hardwick (Donald Crisp), dancing with her and asking if she can "feel the air." Before the new territory is opened, McCord sneaks in with his cronies and stakes a "sooner" claim. When John Kincaid (Hugh Sothern) and his son, Ned Kincaid (Harvey Stephens), arrive, they are swindled into granting McCord the saloon and gambling concessions in exchange for the site that they had planned to develop into a town. After the area is built and developed, it is overcome by crime and unlawful killings under McCord's influence. Hoping to bring about law-and-order, Judge Hardwick and Ned campaign to elect John Kincaid as mayor of Tulsa, but when another candidate is killed, McCord frames John Kincaid and has him arrested for murder.

While living with Mexicans in a small cabin, the Kid reads in a newspaper about the arrest of his father. Even though he was cast aside as the black-sheep son, he rides into town in order to free his father from jail. After the Kid raids the jail and enters his father's cell, John refuses to escape and instead wants to fight his arrest judiciously. The Kid leaves before being caught. Upon learning that the Kid is John Kincaid's son, McCord incites a mob at his saloon. Then, led by three of his own men, they break into the jail which allows McCord's cronies to lynch Kincaid over the outside balcony of the jailhouse.

In exacting vengeance, the Kid tracks down those who murdered his father. He kills three of them when they don't surrender peacefully, but brings back Ace Doolin (Edward Pawley) in order to testify against McCord. Ned and the Kid seek out McCord at his saloon. While attempting an arrest, Ned is shot by McCord. The Kid and McCord engage in fisticuffs, and the Kid is nearly killed, but Ned shoots down McCord before dying himself.

The Kid plans to continue on with his nomadic ways, but Jane and Judge Hardwick convince him to stay.

Cast
James Cagney as Jim Kincaid ジェームズ・キャグニー
Humphrey Bogart as Whip McCord ハンフリー・ボガート
Rosemary Lane as Jane Hardwick ローズマリー・レーン
Donald Crisp as Judge Hardwick ドナルド・クリスプ
Harvey Stephens as Ned Kincaid ハーヴェイ・スティーヴンス
Hugh Sothern as John Kincaid ヒュー・ソザン

昨日はいろいろと忙しかったんで更新することができませんでした。
久しぶりに映画について書きますね。
この映画はジェームズ・キャグニーとハンフリー・ボガートが共演した西部劇です。監督はロイド・ベーコンという人ですが、そこまで有名ではないと思います。チャップリンの映画に多く出ていた俳優でもあったようですが。

1939年にはキャグニーとボガートが共演した映画「彼奴は顔役だ!」が公開されています。この映画については以前書いたので省略します。ローズマリー・レーンはこの「彼奴は顔役だ!」に出演していたプリシラ・レーンのお姉さんですね。レーンは4姉妹で歌手、女優をしていました。

キャグニーとボガートが共演したのは3回あります。本作品が2作品目ですね。映画中でボガートはキャグニーに殺されるというのが定番ですが、本作品は直接キャグニーに殺されるわけではなかったですね。ボガートが殺されることには間違いないですが。

キャグニー、ボガートのほかの2つの共演作「汚れた顔の天使」「彼奴は顔役だ!」はワーナーがDVD化していますが、本作品は正規品のDVDは発売されていません。
↓のように格安で売っているのはありますが。

>西部劇 パーフェクトコレクション 燃える幌馬車 DVD10枚組 価格:1,450円 (2017/3/23 10:03時点) 感想(0件)