Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

Name: Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
Cast: Vincent Price, Andy Clyde, Alan Hale Jr., Thurston Hall, Lloyd Corrigan

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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 & Crew

Director: Arthur PiersonWriter: Norman Reilly RaineProducers: Guy V. Thayer Jr., Roland D. Reed

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

Will Wright

as Joel D. Angier

Keith Richards

as George Henry Bissell

Al Bridge

as Hotel Desk Clerk

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