“Oklahoma!” quotes

(1955)
Movie Oklahoma!
Title Oklahoma!
Year 1955
Director Fred Zinnemann
Genre Musical, Romance, Western
Plot – Lory is a beautiful girl who lives with her aunt in a farm in Oklahoma and is in love with Johnny, a young cowboy. On the eve of the traditional country dance, Johnny invites her to the party but she accepts Jud's invite instead, who's a laborer at the farm. Lori doesn't even imagine Jud loves her deeply. In fact he reveals his feelings and tries to kiss her, but Lori runs away and goes alone to the dance. There, she reconciles with Johnny and they get married. According to some local traditions, the couple has to go through some playful ceremonies, but the jokes end up in tragedy: Jud is ready to kill Johnny bue he dies and a trial demonstrates Johnny's innocence. Now the couple can leave for the honeymoon.
All actors – Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, Shirley Jones, Eddie Albert, James Whitmore, Rod Steiger, Barbara Lawrence, Jay C. Flippen, Roy Barcroft, James Mitchell
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  • “I wanted to marry her when I saw the moonlight shining on the barrel of her father's shotgun.”
    Eddie Albert - Ali Hakim
  • “If she liked me any more, she'd sic the dogs on me.”

    Gordon MacRae - Curly
    [Tag:hatred]
  • “There's a bright golden haze on the meadow. The corn is as high as a elephant's eye, And it looks like it's climbing clear up to the sky. Oh, what a beautiful morning, oh, what a beautiful day! I got a beautiful feeling: everything's going my way.”

    Gordon MacRae - Curly
  • “- Ado Annie: Sometimes there seems like times that men ain't got no need for women.
    - Dancer: There's sometimes women ain't got no need for men.
    - Ado Annie: Yeah, but who wants to be dead?”

    Gloria Grahame - Ado Annie
    Lizanne Truex - Dancer
    [Tag:men, women]
  • “- Will Parker: I don't know what to make of you! You're too purty to be a skunk! Too thin to be a snake! To little to be a man, and too big to be a mouse! I reckon you're a rat!
    - Ali Hakim: That's logical.”

    Gene Nelson - Will Parker
    Eddie Albert - Ali Hakim
    [Tag:envy, insult]
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