Directed by:
Anthony MannCinematography:
William H. DanielsComposer:
Frank SkinnerCast:
James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland, Dan Duryea, Jay C. Flippen, Marcia Henderson, Antonio Moreno, Harry Morgan, Dale Van Sickel, Ben Welden (more)Plots(1)
Steve and Johnny are a couple of adventurous ex-GIs who get an oil company president to bankroll a rig to drill for "black gold" at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. When Steve and Johnny set up their operation, they find that the area's fishermen believe that all the noise of drilling is scaring away all the shrimp, and destroying their livelihood. Now this enterprising duo has to figure out how to excavate the oil and placate the locals at the same time. However, an incoming storm and shortage of cash will make all these things very difficult to accomplish. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
James Stewart
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rear Window (1954)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Joanne Dru
USA
Best movies:
Red River (1948)
All the King's Men (1949)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
Gilbert Roland
Mexico
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Dan Duryea
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Jay C. Flippen
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Killing (1956)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Marcia Henderson
USA
Best movies:
All I Desire (1953)
Thunder Bay (1953)
Naked Alibi (1954)
Antonio Moreno
Spain
Best movies:
Notorious (1946)
It (1927)
The Searchers (1956)
Harry Morgan
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Dale Van Sickel
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Ben Welden
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
A Song Is Born (1948)
Fortunio Bonanova
Spain
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Jack Perry
Italy
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Allen Pinson
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Mario Siletti
Italy
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
Ernesto Molinari
Italy
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Emile Avery
USA
Best movies:
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
The Lusty Men (1952)
Jack Tesler
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
The Band Wagon (1953)
Thunder Bay (1953)
Frank Chase
USA
Best movies:
Winchester '73 (1950)
Bend of the River (1952)
Walk the Proud Land (1956)