THE OIL RAIDER (1934) Buster Crabbe, Gloria Shea & George Irving | Action, Adventure, Romance | B&W

The Oil Raider is a 1934 American action film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Buster Crabbe, Gloria Shea and George Irving. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature and was distributed by independent company Mayfair Pictures.

SYNOPSIS
Dave Warren, a wildcatter, has uncovered a potentially profitable oil well but needs more money to keep drilling. He borrows fifty thousand dollars from an investment banker Varley. When Varley's financial interests suffer a severe collapse he needs urgent money and hires men to sabotage the drilling so that he can foreclose and use the oil to recover his fortunes. However, his own daughter Alice has fallen in love with Warren.

"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.

CAST & CREW
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
Tetsu Komai as Chinese Cook
Tom London as Oil Well Driller
Chuck Morrison as Oil Well Driller
Hal Taliaferro as Oil Well Driller

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Written by Homer King Gordon, George Morgan, Rex Taylor
Produced by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Lester F. Scott Jr.
Cinematography Edward Snyder
Edited by Frederick Bain
Production company Scott-Bennet Productions
Distributed by Mayfair Pictures
Release date November 1, 1934
Running time 59 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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