The Wildcatter
The Wildcatter
Release: 1937-06-06
·Runtime: 58m
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Cast
Russell Hicks
as Tom Frayne
Wallis Clark
as Torrance
William Gould
as Real Estate Agent
Ward Bond
as Johnson
Milburn Stone
as Ed
Robert McKenzie
as Bill Webster
Hattie McDaniel
as Pearl (uncredited)
Scott Kolk
as 'Lucky' Conlon
Jean Rogers
as Helen Conlon
J. Scott Smart
as Smiley
Suzanne Kaaren
as Julia Frayne
