Blowing Wild
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| Directed by | Hugo Fregonese |
| Produced by | Milton Sperling |
| Written by | Philip Yordan |
| Starring | Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck Ruth Roman Anthony Quinn |
| Music by | Dmitri Tiomkin |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | Alan Crosland Jr. |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2 million (US)[1] |
Blowing Wild is a 1953 American drama film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck and Anthony Quinn. It was written by Philip Yordan. The story revolves around a love triangle set in Mexico's oilfields, where bandits are still active. Ruth Roman also stars and adds to the romantic entanglements.
Frankie Laine sang the title song, "Blowing Wild (The Ballad of Black Gold)", which was written by Dmitri Tiomkin, with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.
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Plot
After the bandit El Gavilan destroys their South American oil field, partners Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson need jobs. "Paco" Conway offers them work, but his marriage to Jeff's old love Marina makes the situation awkward. Jeff refuses until another employer cons them out of their pay and Dutch is injured, so he accepts the offer to help with Paco's 18 oil wells.
Marina makes romantic overtures to Jeff, who attempts to avoid her. Also interested in him is Sal Donnelly, a card dealer in a saloon. Jeff disagrees with Paco's decision to pay $50,000 extortion money to El Gavilan to keep his wells from being destroyed. Marina sides with Jeff, calling her husband a coward.
A drunken Paco laments publicly that his wife loves another man. When he confronts her, Marina pushes him into a well, where the pumps kill him. Marina claims that Paco fell in by accident, but when Jeff finds out otherwise, he nearly strangles her. During a raid by the outlaws, Marina is shot, after which Jeff is able to kill El Gavilan in hand-to-hand combat. He leaves with Dutch and Sal for home in the U.S.
Cast
- Gary Cooper .. Jeff Dawson
- Barbara Stanwyck ... Marina Conway
- Ruth Roman ... Sal Donnelly
- Anthony Quinn ... Ward "Paco" Conway
- Ward Bond ... Dutch Peterson
- Ian MacDonald ... Jackson
- Richard Karlan ... Henderson
- Juan García Garza ... El Gavilan
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- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Blowing Wild at IMDb
- Blowing Wild at the TCM Movie Database
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