The Wildcatter

(1937)

★ 8 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1937

Runtime: 58 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Lewis D. Collins

Cast: Scott Kolk, Jean Rogers, J. Scott Smart, Suzanne Kaaren, Расселл Хикс, Уорд Бонд, Wallis Clark, Jack Powell, Milburn Stone, William Gould

Plot

Eager to take advantage of a new oil boom, "Lucky" Conlon leaves his gas station and diner for Texas, with his wife Helen's blessing. In Texas, Lucky wins enough money in roulette to lease a parcel of land, and he and his friend "Smiley" begin drilling. Julia Frayne, whom Lucky met while gambling, turns out to be the daughter of oil tycoon Tom Frayne, who is eager to buy out the leases of the growing number of independent drillers, called "wildcatters," in order to hold a monopoly on the local oil fields.