a5c7b9f00b McCord&#39;s gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw &quot;The Oklahoma Kid&quot; Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a &quot;sooner&quot; claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid&#39;s father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.. During the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang&#39;s feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region. Right up until the end the bad guys have the upper-hand - always - which kind of put into question the competence of the good guys. A couple of innocent-man-accused-of-a-crime plots are irritating. Some unnecessary dialogue in which various dull legal issues get debated. This is just a mediocre dumb old western, so what&#39;s this nonsense about trying to keep things &quot;realistic&quot;? Cagney&#39;s atypical presence in a western is one of the few - if not the only - entertaining thing about the movie. Somewhere around the middle there is a ridiculously-timed marriage proposal; sort of like &quot;Where is the Kid hiding??!! Where is he?!… Oh, and by the way, will you marry me?&quot; It is the late-1800s and the US government is buying land from Indians in an area knownthe Cherokee Strip, in the Oklahoma Territory. Gold intended for the Indians is hijacked by the gang of Whip McCord (played by Humphrey Bogart). The gang is in turn ambushed and robbed by Jim &quot;The Oklahoma Kid&quot; Kincaid (James Cagney). This leads to a deadly feud between McCord and Kincaid.<br/><br/>A good old-fashioned good guys vs bad guys western. Plot is fairly basic, but works. Similarly the acting is a bit over-the-top, but works. It is basically the swagger of James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart that propels the movie, and makes it work. Makes it quite amusing at times, too…<br/><br/>On a side note, this might actually be the first movie to include both Cagney and Bogart, so the movie is of historical significance too.
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