Movie
Struck Oil
1919 · 70 min
A somber, old-fashioned melodrama that moves slowly but earns its emotional payoff through suffering and a hard-won sense of justice.
- Directed by
- Franklyn Barrett
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Maggie Moore, Harry Roberts, Percy Walshe
- Overview
- John Stofel goes off to fight in the Civil War, in the place of a deacon who gives him the title deed of a farm. John returns from the war wounded and insane. Oil is discovered on the farm and the deacon tries to take the land back.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Betrayal, grief, justice, family
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Franklyn Barrett
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Maggie Moore, Harry Roberts, Percy Walshe
