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Black Gold

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Clifford "Fishtail" Riley (Frankie Darro) is stunned when his hardworking father, Daniel (Frank Shannon), plummets to his doom at the bottom of their nascent oil well. In mourning, and desperate for money, Fishtail decides to sell the business -- until heroic geologist Hank Langford (Roy Mason) encourages him to carry on the family tradition. As Fishtail and Langford work to revive the Riley well, nefarious moneylender J.G. Anderson (Berton Churchill) schemes to secure it for himself.
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Russell Hopton

Director

Frankie Darro

Clifford "Fishtail" O'Reilly

Gloria Shea

Cynthia Jackson

LeRoy Mason

Henry "Hank" Langford

Berton Churchill

J.C. Anderson

Stanley Fields

Lefty Stevens

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Black Gold

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Synopsis Clifford "Fishtail" Riley (Frankie Darro) is stunned when his hardworking father, Daniel (Frank Shannon), plummets to his doom at the bottom of their nascent oil well. In mourning, and desperate for money, Fishtail decides to sell the business -- until heroic geologist Hank Langford (Roy Mason) encourages him to carry on the family tradition. As Fishtail and Langford work to revive the Riley well, nefarious moneylender J.G. Anderson (Berton Churchill) schemes to secure it for himself.
Director
Russell Hopton
Production Co
Conn Pictures Corporation
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 2, 2016
Runtime
1h 22m
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