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Al Jennings of Oklahoma

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5.0/10 • 3

1951-01-171h 19m

Western

THE BOLDEST BANDIT OF A LAWLESS ERA!

Film based on the story of Al Jennings, a former train robber turned attorney.

Directors
Ray Nazarro
Editors
Richard Fantl

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  1. Dan Duryea

    Dan Duryea

    Al Jennings

  2. Gale Storm

    Gale Storm

    Margo St. Claire

  3. Dick Foran

    Dick Foran

    Frank Jennings

  4. Gloria Henry

    Gloria Henry

    Alice Calhoun

  5. Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

    Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

    Lon Tuttle

  6. John Dehner

    John Dehner

    Tom Marsden

  7. Raymond Greenleaf

    Raymond Greenleaf

    Judge Jennings

  8. Stanley Andrews

    Stanley Andrews

    Marshal Ken Slattery

  9. John Ridgely

    John Ridgely

    Railroad Detective Dan Hanes

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John Chard

Feb 9, 2017

5/10

The law is an ass, so enter Al Jennings and The Long Riders. Al Jennings of Oklahoma is directed by Ray Nazaro and adapted to screenplay by George Bricker from the book co-written by Al Jennings and Will Irwin. It stars Dan Duryea, Gale Storm, Dick Foran, Gloria Henry, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams and Raymond Greenleaf. Music is by Mischa Bakaleinikoff and cinematography by W. Howard Greene. Al Jennings, as played here by Duryea, follows a life trajectory that sees him born into a legal family and thus take up the family trade. Known for his hot temper, it's not long before Al runs into trouble and burnt by the folly of the law when tragedy strikes his family, throws off his legal eagle clobber and turns to the outlaw life. Moving from robbing banks to robbing trains, and with the beautiful Gale Storm's token love interest holding his attention, Al and his brother Frank (Foran) decide to leave crime and go straight. But the past catches up with them and they inevitably end up serving time for their crimes. But there's another twist! The instability of the trial sees Al serve only 5 years of his life sentence and upon release becomes something of a prime mover in the Statehood of Oklahoma. You sense it's all very romanticised from the actual life of Al Jennings, but in spite of some sub-standard acting and poorly scripted passages, it's still an enjoyable Oater. There's some decent stunt- work early on, a couple of rounds of knuckles (though the court room fight is not greatly constructed), chases, some gun-play and it's nice and colourful with Technicolor photography around the Chatsworth location shoot. So it's watchable enough, even if not very memorable then? Yes, that's about it really. 6/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
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