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Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox finds himself in the town of Henrietta. Using unconventional methods, he convinces himself and local Don Day that there is oil on Day's land. The financially strapped Day puts everything into finding oil...but at what cost?
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes45%
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
19 audience votes
Key crew
- James KeachDirector
- Philip RailsbackScreenplay
Cast
- Robert DuvallMr. Cox
- Aidan QuinnDon Day
- Frances FisherCora Day
- Brian DennehyBig Dave McDermot
- Lexi RandallBeatric Day (eldest daughter)
- Kaytlyn KnowlesPauline Day
- Francesca EastwoodMary Day (as Francesca Ruth Eastwood)
- Joe StevensBig Dave's driver
- Billy Bob ThorntonRoy
- Victor WongHenry Nakai
- Paul LazarSeymour
- Spencer GarrettDelbert Tims
Stills
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Themes
restaurantrural areaoil