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Blowing Wild

  • 1953
  • Approved
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.1K
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Gary Cooper, Anthony Quinn, Barbara Stanwyck, and Ruth Roman in Blowing Wild (1953)
ActionAdventureDrama

In South America, after Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson's oil rigs are dynamited by local bandits, the two partners resort to risky transportation of nitroglycerin to raise money.In South America, after Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson's oil rigs are dynamited by local bandits, the two partners resort to risky transportation of nitroglycerin to raise money.In South America, after Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson's oil rigs are dynamited by local bandits, the two partners resort to risky transportation of nitroglycerin to raise money.

  • Director
    • Hugo Fregonese
  • Writer
    • Philip Yordan
  • Stars
    • Gary Cooper
    • Barbara Stanwyck
    • Ruth Roman
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Hugo Fregonese
    • Writer
      • Philip Yordan
    • Stars
      • Gary Cooper
      • Barbara Stanwyck
      • Ruth Roman
    • 20User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Anthony Quinn and Barbara Stanwyck in Blowing Wild (1953)
    Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck while on location in Mexico for "Blowing Wild" 1953
    Gary Cooper, Anthony Quinn, Barbara Stanwyck, and Ruth Roman in Blowing Wild (1953)
    Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in Blowing Wild (1953)
    Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in Blowing Wild (1953)
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    Gary Cooper and Ruth Roman in Blowing Wild (1953)
    Gary Cooper, Anthony Quinn, and Ruth Roman in Blowing Wild (1953)
    Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in Blowing Wild (1953)
    Gary Cooper, Anthony Quinn, and Barbara Stanwyck in Blowing Wild (1953)
    Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, and Ruth Roman in Blowing Wild (1953)
    Gary Cooper and Anthony Quinn in Blowing Wild (1953)

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    Gary Cooper
    Gary Cooper
    • Jeff Dawson
    Barbara Stanwyck
    Barbara Stanwyck
    • Marina Conway
    Ruth Roman
    Ruth Roman
    • Sal Donnelly
    Anthony Quinn
    Anthony Quinn
    • Ward 'Paco' Conway
    Ward Bond
    Ward Bond
    • Dutch Peterson
    Ian MacDonald
    Ian MacDonald
    • Jackson
    Richard Karlan
    • Henderson
    Juan García
    Juan García
    • El Gavilan
    • (as Juan Garcia)
    Tito Junco
    Tito Junco
    • Chief of Police
    • Director
      • Hugo Fregonese
    • Writer
      • Philip Yordan
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    • Trivia
      Mexican officials initially banned this film and demanded that cuts be made, in order to portray Mexicans less unfavourably. Warner Bros. agreed to make the cuts, after months of negotiations during which the Mexican government threatened to ban all Warner Bros. productions in Mexico.
    • Goofs
      At the beginning of the film, following the destruction of the oil rig by El Gavilan's gang, the front of Dutch Peterson's hat goes from brim up, brim down, brim up again and then brim down again, in between shots. Subsequently, it is up again when Dawson and Peterson are walking along a road and picked up by a truck.
    • Quotes

      Marina Conway: [Getting away from his love grip] You smell like a gutter.

      Ward 'Paco' Conway: I just came from one.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits: All events, places and persons depicted in this film are fictional.
    • Connections
      Featured in Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Blowing Wild
      (The Ballad of Black Gold)
      Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
      Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
      Sung by Frankie Laine

    User reviews20

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    6/10
    Watchable Potboiler
    We in the UK can thank again the Free-to-Air channels that put out these otherwise lost little movies, and once again here is one that is not at all bad. Set in 1930s Mehico with Coop and Ward Bond as oil bums down on their luck; Anthony Quinn in a typical rough, lusty role who's a dupe husband of mad Barbara Stanwyck (who's an old flame of Coop); the lovely Ruth Roman is in it as a con woman with a heart of gold; great Frankie Laine title song pops up constantly; nasty banditos about....

    The fun is in comparing with other films; I immediately thought of "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", "Gilda", "Wages of Fear", "High Noon", "Warlock"; even dangerous trek/buddy films like "Vera Cruz"....

    Script was by Philip Yordan; music Dimitri Tiomkim..a film with those credentials will always be worth a look.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 16, 1953 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Jeff
    • Filming locations
      • Estudios Churubusco - C. Atletas 2, Country Club Churubusco, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico(Studio)
    • Production company
      • United States Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $1,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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