Cimarron (1960 film)

Cimarron is a 1960 western film based on the Edna Ferber novel Cimarron, featuring Glenn Ford and Maria Schell. It was directed by Anthony Mann, known for his westerns and film noirs.

Sabra Cravats Maria Schell wealthy Kansas City parents try to dissuade her from participating in a land run in the Oklahoma territory with her new husband Yancey Glenn Ford, but she is adamant. During the journey, Sabras knowledge of her husbands character deepens, and when he lends one of his covered wagons to Tom Arthur OConnell and Sarah Wyatt Mercedes McCambridge and their large, destitute family, she experiences his generosity.Upon arriving in Oklahoma and meeting many of Yanceys friends, including a lady of the evening named Dixie Lee Anne Baxter, she discovers that he is something of an adventurer. Sabra has her first disagreement with Yancey, however, when he staunchly defends an American Indian family whose wagon has been overturned by a group of angry men. Even though a Cavalry officer states that Ben and Arita Red Feather have the right to participate in the land run, Sabra, a French American, wonders aloud whether Yancey should have risked injury just to help some Indians. ........

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