The Oil Raider
1934 film
- November 1, 1934 (1934-11-01)
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The Oil Raider is a 1934 American action film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Buster Crabbe, Gloria Shea and George Irving. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature and was distributed by independent company Mayfair Pictures.[1]
Plot
Dave Warren, a wildcatter, has uncovered a potentially profitable oil well but needs more money to keep drilling. He borrows fifty thousand dollars from an investment banker Varley. When Varley's financial interests suffer a severe collapse he needs urgent money and hires men to sabotage the drilling so that he can foreclose and use the oil to recover his fortunes. However, his own daughter Alice has fallen in love with Warren.
Cast
- Buster Crabbe as Dave Warren
- Gloria Shea as Alice Varley
- George Irving as J. T. Varley, Investment Banker
- Max Wagner as Simmons, a Troublemaker
- Emmett Vogan as Jim Walker
- Harold Minjir as Morrison
- Tetsu Komai as Chinese Cook
- Tom London as Oil Well Driller
- Chuck Morrison as Oil Well Driller
- Hal Taliaferro as Oil Well Driller
References
- ^ Pitts p.239
Bibliography
- Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
- The Oil Raider at IMDb
- The Oil Raider is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
- Play Ball (1925)
- Marked Money (1928)
- Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930)
- The Last Frontier (1932)
- The Midnight Warning (1932)
- Justice Takes a Holiday (1933)
- Jaws of Justice (1933)
- Badge of Honor (1934)
- Ferocious Pal (1934)
- The Fighting Rookie (1934)
- The Oil Raider (1934)
- Rescue Squad (1935)
- Calling All Cars (1935)
- Lawless Riders (1935)
- Get That Man (1935)
- Heir to Trouble (1935)
- Western Courage (1935)
- Heroes of the Range (1936)
- Avenging Waters (1936)
- The Cattle Thief (1936)
- The Fugitive Sheriff (1936)
- The Unknown Ranger (1936)
- Rio Grande Ranger (1936)
- Ranger Courage (1937)
- Law of the Ranger (1937)
- Reckless Ranger (1937)
- The Rangers Step In (1937)
- The Mysterious Pilot (1937)
- Across the Plains (1939)
- Riders of the Frontier (1939)
- Oklahoma Terror (1939)
- Westbound Stage (1939)
- The Cowboy from Sundown (1940)
- Ridin' the Cherokee Trail (1941)
- Arizona Bound (1941)
- The Gunman from Bodie (1941)
- They Raid by Night (1942)
- The Secret Code (1942)
- The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942)
- G-Men vs. the Black Dragon (1943)
- Calling Wild Bill Elliott (1943)
- Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943)
- California Joe (1943)
- Canyon City (1943)
- Beneath Western Skies (1944)
- Mojave Firebrand (1944)
- Code of the Prairie (1944)
- Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
- The Tiger Woman (1944)
- The Black Widow (1947)
- Superman (1948)
- Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies (1949)
- Batman and Robin (1949)
- Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949)
- Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951)
- King of the Congo (1952)
- The Lost Planet (1953)
- Blazing the Overland Trail (1956)
- Perils of the Wilderness (1956)
- The Atomic Submarine (1959)
- The Bounty Killer (1965)
- Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965)
- D-Day on Mars (1966)