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Blowing Wild is a american film of genre Drama directed by Hugo Fregonese released in USA on 7 october 1953 with Gary Cooper
Blowing Wild (1953)
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Add to a movie listBlowing Wild is a 1953 American drama film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck and Anthony Quinn. It was written by Philip Yordan. The story revolves around a love triangle set in Mexico's oilfields, where bandits are still active. 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.
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After the bandit El Gavilan destroys their South American oil field, partners Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson need jobs. "Paco" Conway offers them work, but his marriage to Jeff's old love Marina makes the situation awkward. Jeff refuses until another employer cons them out of their pay and Dutch is injured, so he accepts the offer to help with Paco's 18 oil wells.Actors
Gary Cooper
(Jeff Dawson)
Barbara Stanwyck
(Marina Conway)
Ruth Roman
(Sal Donnelly)
Anthony Quinn
(Ward 'Paco' Conway)
Ward Bond
(Dutch Peterson)
Ian MacDonald
(Jackson)
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