Documentary · United States of America · 1954 · 30m

Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

Director

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

Crew

Charles P. Boyle — Director of Photography Thomas Neff — Editor Alexander Laszlo — Original Music Composer Norman Reilly Raine — Writer Roland D. Reed — Producer Eugène Lourié — Production Design

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Arthur Pierson Director Charles P. Boyle Director of Photography Thomas Neff Editor Alexander Laszlo Original Music Composer Norman Reilly Raine Writer Roland D. Reed Producer Eugène Lourié Production Design

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