Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
movie
Released March 29, 1954
Genres:
Overview
In 1857 Edwin L. Drake is sent to investigate an oil seep in a creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania. Overcoming many other obstacles, Drake's innovation to shield the well from water entry by using a drive pipe finally allows drilling to proceed until striking oil in August, 1859. His perseverance yields many barrels of oil a day, and immediately brings about the start of the oil industry.
Cast
Vincent Price
as
Colonel Edwin L. Drake
Andy Clyde
as
Uncle Billy Smith
Alan Hale Jr.
as
Crew Foreman
Thurston Hall
as
James M. Townsend
Lloyd Corrigan
as
Doctor Brewer
Will Wright
as
Joel D. Angier
Keith Richards
as
George Henry Bissell
Al Bridge
as
Hotel Desk Clerk
William Phillips
as
Sam Brown
William Haade
as
Salt Driller
Jack Ingram
as
Man on Horseback
Frank Hagney
as
Farmer
Crew
Arthur Pierson
as
Director
Norman Reilly Raine
as
Writer
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Roland D. Reed
as
Producer
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Guy V. Thayer Jr.
as
Executive Producer
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Thomas Neff
as
Editor
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Jack R. Glass
as
Visual Effects
Eugène Lourié
as
Production Design
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Charles P. Boyle
as
Director of Photography
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Alexander Laszlo
as
Original Music Composer