Best Visual Effects1950 Film Fan Awards22nd Academy Awards
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Best Visual Effects Nominee

Tulsa (1949)

Ceremony Year: 1950Category: Best Visual EffectsReleased: 1949
Nominated Talent & Credits
Walter Wanger Pictures— Walter Wanger Pictures
Synopsis / Overview

It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in a fight with the Tanner Oil Company. Cherokee plans revenge by bringing in her own wells with the help of oil expert Brad Brady and childhood friend Jim Redbird. When the oil and the money start gushing in, both Brad and Jim want to protect the land but Cherokee has different ideas. What started out as revenge for her father's death has turned into an obsession for wealth and power.

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SPECIAL EFFECTS — 22nd Academy Awards (1950)

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