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
love triangle
film noir
betrayal
oil
oil well
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.3 / 5
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Cast
Gary Cooper
Jeff Dawson
Barbara Stanwyck
Marina Conway
Anthony Quinn
Ward 'Paco' Conway
Ruth Roman
Sal Donnelly
Ward Bond
Dutch Peterson
Ian MacDonald
Jackson
Richard Karlan
Henderson
Juan García
El Gavilan
Crew
Hugo Fregonese
Director
Philip Yordan
Screenplay
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Alan Crosland, Jr.
Editor
Alan Crosland, Jr.
Second Unit Director
Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor
Popular Reviews
1 review
Stockton DavisPRO
7.0★ · 12/26/25
Solid plot with a very good music production. There was a lot of action that made it enjoyable. I wish the character of Ruth Roman was more developed and I feel like what they were trying to sell fell flat. I could easily drop this to a three but you never can go to wrong with an action western.
Solid plot with a very good music production. There was a lot of action that made it enjoyable. I wish the character of Ruth Roman was more developed and I feel like what they were trying to sell fell flat. I could easily drop this to a three but you never can go to wrong with an action western.
