Black Gold

Wealth power women: all belong to whoever fights his way to black gold! a Who's-Who of '60s TV favorites including Philip Carey (Laredo) and Diane McBain (Surfside 6) headline a tumultuous tale of wildcatters looking to get rich quick in the dusty oilfields of 1920's Oklahoma. Carey plays Frank McCandless who crash lands his biplane into a field he realizes is ripe for exploration. He swaps his wings for a mud pump and starts drilling. But Chick Carrington (menacing bad-guy Claude Akins whose film and TV credits include over 200 roles) a ruthless oil baron with an eye for the state senate is out to stop Frank - with dynamite if necessary. This boom-and-bust adventure adds in a pretty girl (McBain) a two-timing saloon singer and plenty of brawling action to keep the story speeding along. The film ends with a towering geyser of a gusher but is it Frank or Chick who will claim the black gold?