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The Big Gusher (1951)

1h 8m

Running Time

July 1, 1951
Release Date

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The Big Gusher (1951)

Name: The Big Gusher
Genre: Adventure
Released: 1951-07-01

1h 8m

Running Time

July 1, 1951
Release Date

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Plot.

Hoping to strike it rich, four people--two best buddies, a blonde waitress and a cheerful oldtimer--pool their resources so they can drill for oil. A Columbia Pictures B-film from 1951.

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Cast & Crew.

Preston Foster

Hank Mason

Wayne Morris

Kenny Blake

Dorothy Patrick

Betsy Abbott

Paul E. Burns

Cappy Groves

Emmett Vogan

Jim Tolman

Lew Landers

Director

Harold H. MacArthur

Art Direction

Edward Earle

Oil Man

Eddie Foster

Roughneck at Well Fire

Sol Gorss

Saloon Brawler

Kit Guard

Townsman

Chuck Hamilton

Police Turnkey

Daniel B. Ullman

Writer

Harold Greene

Writer

Wallace MacDonald

Producer

William P. Whitley

Cinematographer

Aaron Stell

Editor

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Details.

Release Date
July 1, 1951

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 8m

Genres
Adventure

Last updated: 2025-02-10

Wiki.

The Big Gusher is a 1951 American adventure film directed by Lew Landers and starring Wayne Morris and Preston Foster. A pair oil prospectors on a drunken spree buy an apparently worthless piece of land from a con man, then attempt to find if there may really be oil there.