Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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!

Bet you didn't think two urban gangsters could put over a cowboy picture, did you? Not only that, make it so believable that it was entertaining - very much so, in fact. Well, surprise, surprise.This was a good picture with a very good storyline. Well done in all departments.Cagney plays the good-bad guy and Bogart, in a pre-Sam Spade role, plays the bad-bad guy.One of the interchangeable Lane sisters (in this case Rosemary)is the love interest.Long story short; somebody done somebody wrong, with fistfights and gunplay and double-crosses and all the elements that make westerns so greatly entertaining. If you haven't seen it and like good westerns, do it.There is more than enough to like here. This movie was shown on 'old reliable'TCM just the other night. I don't think it's available in any format so you'll have to wait until they show it again and tape it.No sequel, though. One oater with two crooked mobsters is enough. And they should have issued Cagney a different hat.

Everyone goes on so much about how misplaced it was to place Cagney and Bogart in a western, but the characters they play are totally in line with the gangster figures they are more commonly associated with, and present compatible shadings of good and bad and lawlessness and justice that fit equally well into a western as well as a gangster picture. And Bogart and Cagney both inhabit their roles in their own, unique way. Quite frankly it is a huge treat to see them in such a setting, and there should be no need for detrimental sniggers. Some of the supporting characters are interesting in their moral shading too, especially the judge –Donald Crisp in one of his best parts. The film is extremely fast-paced. Sometimes one could wish for more depth to a scene, or a greater exploration of character development, but the narrative has a clear purpose and doesn't allow us this luxury. The film is never boring and far more interesting than its reputation would have us believe. My only complaint is to do with the hat Cagney wears. It is more than a little too big for this short actor, and though it may perhaps be a quirk of the character of the Oklahoma Kid, I think somebody in the costume department should have gently led him to another hat.

This is an example of a film being better than its casting errors. The bar fight scene has some very interesting floor level camera angles (although these do help make the stunt doubles more obvious). I liked the positioning of the jail cell on the second floor of the courthouse. That seems to buck the standard Western trend of the combination Jail/Sheriff's office. I think this may be unique. As to Joe Pesci's reference in "Goodfellas", perhaps he finds this film so memorable because of the character named Indian Joe Pasco. Maybe his childhood pals nicknamed him Indian Joe Pesci. But, the scene his character in "Goodfellas" refers to (a cowboy shooting and saying "Dance") does not appear in this film. Also,in this films closing credits, the character is billed as "Indian Jack Pasco". Maybe the Title's Department didn't even take this film seriously.