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Flowing Gold (1940)

Flowing Gold poster
Directed by
Alfred Edward Green
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man on the run hides his past while working in the rough world of the oil fields. He gets caught up in a romance and a rivalry with a tough competitor.

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What happens

Flowing Gold is a 1940 American adventure film starring John Garfield, Frances Farmer, and Pat O'Brien. It was based on the novel of the same name by Rex Beach. The novel had already been adapted to film in 1924 but that was in silent form. The 1940 film with audible dialogue is set in the American oilfields and the title refers to oil. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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