Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
Release Date: 1954-03-29
Overview: 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.
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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
Crew
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Arthur Pierson - Director
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Norman Reilly Raine - Writer
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Roland D. Reed - Producer
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Guy V. Thayer Jr. - Executive Producer
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Thomas Neff - Editor
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