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Superman and the Mole-Men(1951)

NR
| 58min | Action, Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy, Romance / Love, Science Fiction
2.7/5 (with 25 votes)

Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however, has penetrated the underground home of a race of small, furry people who then come to the surface at night to look around. The fact that they glow in the dark scares the townfolk, who form a mob, led by the vicious Luke Benson, intent on killing the strange people. Only Superman has a chance to prevent this tragedy.

Directed by Lee Sholem - With George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Corey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Frank Reicher, Jerry Maren, ...

Thunder Bay(1953)

1h 43min | Adventure, Drama
3.1/5 (with 13 votes)

Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.

Directed by Anthony Mann - With James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Dan Duryea, Jay C. Flippen, Gilbert Roland, Antonio Moreno, ...

Blowing Wild(1953)

NR
| 1h 30min | Action, Adventure, Western, Drama
2.9/5 (with 11 votes)

Wildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit raids. He asks for help from his ex-employer Ward Conway, but Conway, now married to Dawson's ex-lover Marina refuses, fearing that his wife will want to renew her romance with the other man.

Directed by Hugo Fregonese - With Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Ruth Roman, Anthony Quinn, Ward Bond, Ian MacDonald, ...
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Gran Casino(1947)

1h 32min | Music, Drama, Comedy
2.6/5 (with 10 votes)

After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working as a singer under a false name in the same casino her brother disappeared, in order to find out what exactly happened.

Directed by Luis Buñuel - With Jorge Negrete, Libertad Lamarque, Meche Barba, Julio Villarreal, Fernande Albany, Alfonso Bedoya, ...

Git Along Little Dogies(1937)

NR
| 1h 7min | Western, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

When war breaks out between oilmen and cattle ranchers, Gene sides with the ranchers until he learns that oil will bring a railraod to town.

Directed by Joseph Kane - With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette

Lay That Rifle Down(1955)

1h 11min | Comedy, Music
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Director Charles Lamont's 1955 comedy, about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life, stars Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Jacqueline de Wit, Richard Deacon, Robert Burton, James Bell, Marjorie Bennett, Leon Tyler, William Fawcett and Mimi Gibson.

Directed by Charles Lamont - With Judy Canova

Flowing Gold(1940)

NR
| 1h 21min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 2 votes)

In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.

Directed by Alfred Edward Green - With John Garfield, Frances Farmer, Pat O'Brien, Cliff Edwards, John Alexander, Tom Kennedy, ...

Mr. Reckless(1948)

1h 6min | Adventure, Drama
2.2/5 (with 2 votes)

An oil well digger tries to win back his former girlfriend, now engaged to another man.

Directed by Frank McDonald
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Flaming Gold(1932)

53min | Action, Drama
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.

Directed by Ralph Ince - With William Boyd, Mae Clarke, Pat O'Brien, Gertrude Astor, J. P. McGowan

Death Valley Manhunt(1943)

NR
| 55min | Action, Western
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Unknown to oil company president Ross, his man Quinn is pulling a swindle on the independent drillers. Quinn controls both the Judge and the Marshal. But when the Marshal is accidentally killed, Wild Bill Elliott is brought in as the new Marshal and things begin to change.

Directed by John English - With Wild Bill Elliott

Wildcat(1942)

NR
| 1h 10min | Drama

Wildcatter Johnny Maverick and his pal go to a town in oil country offering $25,000 to the person who brings in the first well. They find oil on the outskirts but have to sell a share to a promoter who hires Johnny's old enemy.

Directed by Frank McDonald - With Richard Arlen
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Raiders of the Range(1942)

54min | Western

Daggett is out to stop the completion of an oil well. He cheats Foster at poker and then forces him to delay the drilling. But the Mesquiteers are on the job with Lulaby posing as a cleaning lady to get evidence.

Directed by John English - With Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Rufe Davis