The Oil Raider

The Oil Raider

59 mins | Action, Adventure, Romance | Nov. 1, 1934

"Wildcatter" Dave Warren and his crew are trying to bring in a new oil well. Dave gives troublemaker Simmons a good thrashing and orders him off the site. In order to complete drilling Dave borrows $50,000 from investment banker J. T. Varley and also begins a romance with Varley's daughter Alice. Varley suffers market reverses and knowing that Dave is about to strike oil hires Simmons to wreck the rig so he can foreclose and take over.

The Oil Raider

59 mins | Action, Adventure, Romance | Nov. 1, 1934

The Oil Raider
"Wildcatter" Dave Warren and his crew are trying to bring in a new oil well. Dave gives troublemaker Simmons a good thrashing and orders him off the site. In order to complete drilling Dave borrows $50,000 from investment banker J. T. Varley and also begins a romance with Varley's daughter Alice. Varley suffers market reverses and knowing that Dave is about to strike oil hires Simmons to wreck the rig so he can foreclose and take over.
Producers Mayfair Pictures Corporation, Scott-Bennet Production
Original title The Oil Raider
Directors Spencer Gordon Bennet
Writers George Morgan, Homer King Gordon, Rex Taylor

Cast

Buster Crabbe

as Dave Warren

Gloria Shea

as Alice Varley

George Irving

as J. T. Varley

Max Wagner

as Simmons

Emmett Vogan

as Jim Walker

Harold Minjir

as Morrison