In Old Oklahoma (War of the Wildcats) (1943)

John Wayne, Martha Scott, Albert Dekker, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Marjorie Rambeau ... see more  , Dale Evans , Grant Withers , Sidney Blackmer , Paul Fix , Cecil Cunningham , Irving Bacon , Byron Foulger , Richard Graham , Stanley Andrews , Charles Arnt , Hooper Atchley , Roy Barcroft , Linda Brent , George Chandler , Lane Chandler , Wade Crosby , William B. Davidson , Curley Dresden , Kenne Duncan , Rhonda Fleming , Edward Gargan , Bud Geary , Fred Graham , Pat Hogan , Jack Kirk , Arthur Loft , Tom London , LeRoy Mason , Anne O'Neal , Dick Rich , Harry Shannon , Emmett Vogan , Charles "Slim" Whitaker , Will Wright , Yakima Canutt , Robert Warwick , Harry Woods , Jess Cavan , Shirley Jean Rickert

In Old Oklahoma is better known today by its reissue title, War of the Wildcats. John Wayne heads the cast as oil man Dan Somers, who carries on a bitter feud with his crooked rival Hunk Gardner (Albe... read more rt Dekker). Furthering the animosity between the two men is schoolteacher-turned-novelist Catherine Allen (Martha Scott), with whom both Dan and Hunk fall in love. The main story and the romantic second story both come to a head when Dan is offered a valuable contract if he can deliver an oil shipment within a specific deadline. Naturally, Hunk does everything he can to keep Dan from fulfilling his contract, resulting in a thrill-packed chase sequence that served as stock footage for many a future Republic western and serial. A pre-Roy Rogers Dale Evans costars as sexy dancehall chanteuse "Cuddles" Walker. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi