a_chinn Diverting western would be completely unmemorable except for the fact that it stars James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. Cagney is the hero wanting revenge for the hanging of his father by Bogey. The film features a solid supporting cast that includes Donald Crisp and Ward Bond, which helps as well, but this film really could have been any number of routine Tim Holt westerns, except for maybe one song and dance number performed by Cagney.

dougandwin Let me say at first that I am a great fan of Jimmy Cagney and have really liked most of his movies, particularly "White Heat", "Yankee Doodle Dandy" as well as most of those crime movies he made over the years for Warner Brothers. However seeing The Oklahoma Kid again after several years, he somehow does not fit the role of a cowboy. The story is quite okay, and the cast is impressive with people like Donald Crisp and Ward Bond, while Humphrey Bogart was a scream as the baddie, and Rosemary Lane just had to look pretty - which she did. You could see the very many instances of stand-ins doing the stunts and riding. The highlights for me were Jimmy dancing and even singing in-between his killing half the people of Tombstone. It was fairly short which helped a lot!

writers_reign This is one for collectors; when those personifications of Urban gangsters Cagney and Bogey are transplanted to an Oklahoma territory that is so far ahead of progress that it boasts an electric door-bell Cagney rings it long and hard on two separate occasions)it shows that les freres Warner spared no expense on researching the period. Journeyman director Lloyd Bacon phones it in as do just about everyone from Cagney right on down to an uncredited Clem Bevans and the plot - you should excuse the expression - manages to hit every cliché withing shooting distance and some that should have been well out of range. Oklahoma crude would make an ideal subtitle for this snake oil but see it if you must.

MartinHafer While I am a die-hard Humphrey Bogart fan, I will be the first to admit that he could NOT play every role. After all, who can? Well, some studio dunderhead apparently though that he'd be perfect to play in a Western as some sort of heavy--complete with cheesy mustache and silly accent! Now it's nice to see an actor try to broaden his appeal, but this is ridiculous! And the sight of him looking kind of like Snidely Whiplash and a cowboy combined is amazing! Because of his poor performance (and who can blame him?), this movie sinks to mediocrity despite decent writing and direction. In fact, unless you are a fan or want a good laugh, it is a very forgettable movie that is eminently skip-able.