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Blowing Wild (1953)

Blowing Wild poster
Directed by
Hugo Fregonese
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man works in South American oil fields and gets caught in a love triangle with two women. Bandits threaten the area adding danger to his personal entanglements.

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What happens

Blowing Wild is a 1953 American Western film directed by Hugo Fregonese starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, and Anthony Quinn. It was written by Philip Yordan. The story revolves around a love triangle set in the oilfields of an unnamed South American country plagued with bandits. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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