Release Date

29 Mar, 1954

Runtime

00:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

In 1857 Edwin L. Drake is sent to investigate an oil seep in a creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania. Overcoming many other obstacles, Drake's innovation to shield the well from water entry by using a drive pipe finally allows drilling to proceed until striking oil in August, 1859. His perseverance yields many barrels of oil a day, and immediately brings about the start of the oil industry.

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Actors

Vincent Price

Andy Clyde

Alan Hale Jr.

Thurston Hall

Lloyd Corrigan

Will Wright

Keith Richards

Al Bridge

William Phillips

William Haade

Jack Ingram

Frank Hagney

Crew

Arthur Pierson

Norman Reilly Raine

Roland D. Reed

Guy V. Thayer Jr.

Thomas Neff

Jack R. Glass

Eugène Lourié

Charles P. Boyle

Alexander Laszlo