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Black Gold (1947)

Black Gold poster
Directed by
Phil Karlson
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Native American man with a college education buys oil-rich land hoping to drill for oil. He faces suspicion and hostility from the local community.

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What happens

Black Gold is a 1947 American drama Western film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Anthony Quinn, Katherine DeMille and Raymond Hatton. It was the first Monogram Pictures film released under the Allied Artists banner and had the highest budget in Monogram's history at the time. It was also the first leading role for Anthony Quinn. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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