This is the story of the gallant, reckless, foolish oil bums through whose hands millions flow, in whose hearts adventure beats!
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.
John Garfield Frances Farmer Pat O’Brien Raymond Walburn Cliff Edwards Tom Kennedy Granville Bates Jody Gilbert Edward Pawley Frank Mayo William Marshall Sol Gorss Virginia Sale John Alexander Eddie Acuff Erville Alderson Monica Bannister Al Bridge Glen Cavender Eddy Chandler Cliff Clark E. E. Clive G. Pat Collins Heinie Conklin Robert Elliott Phyllis Godfrey William Gould William Haade George Haywood Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian Stuart Holmes Eily Malyon Philip Morris Jack Mower Frank O'Connor Lee Phelps Cliff Saum Charles Sherlock Lee Shumway Walter Soderling Harry Strang Charles Sullivan Sailor Vincent Russell Wade Dick Wessel
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