IMDb
6.5 /10
903 votes


Drama · 1995 · 1h 49min
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?
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Malpaso Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures



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IMDb
6.5 /10
903 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
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TMDB
6.2 /10
18 votes
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Weighted average
6.4/10