Blowing Wild

19531953
ApprovedApproved
1h 30m

Blowing Wild (1953)

Action Adventure Drama

In South America, when 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, when 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, when 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.

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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

Blowing Wild (1953)

Blowing Wild (1953)

Gary Cooper and Ward Bond in Blowing Wild (1953)

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)

Blowing Wild (1953)

Blowing Wild (1953)

Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, and Ruth Roman in Blowing Wild (1953)

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In a hypothetical country in South America, Jeff Dawson and his partner Dutch Peterson have invested all their savings in a lease contract to explore oil. However, their expectation ruins when bandits blow the derrick of the oil well with dynamite and they get stranded in the town without any money. In despair, they accept the risky transportation of nitroglycerin to raise US$ 800.00 and Dutch is shot in the leg by road thieves; but Jeff discovers that their employer is a trickster and they area not paid for their job. When their former friend Paco Conway meets them, Jeff finds that he is a local tycoon and is married with Marina Conway, who had a past with him. Paco hires Jeff his foreman to help him with his eighteen oil wells while Dutch is recovering in the hospital. Meanwhile the criminals press Paco to pay US$ 50,000.00 otherwise they will blow his wells and Marina revives her love and desire for Jeff, leading the trio to a tragedy. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines
- The whole black-gold border knew the 'Gringo Giant' was on a rampage! Only the girl with the lying-green eyes knew why!
Genres
Certificate
- Approved
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

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

Top review

3/10

Blows Hot and Cold

In a film that is partially taken from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, two down on their luck Americans, Gary Cooper and Ward Bond, run into an old pal, Anthony Quinn who has become richer in the oil business than these two wildcatters have. Quinn's also married Barbara Stanwyck who at one time had a thing for Cooper.

It's over for Coop, but Stanwyck ain't taking no for an answer. Even the presence of Ruth Roman one of those beautiful woman that are stuck in exotic places in films who's really got Coop's attention, doesn't faze her a bit. She says she'll do whatever she has to, to win Coop back and pretty much does as the film concludes.

Blowing Wild only holds interest because of the star players involved. When you consider that back in the day Cooper and Stanwyck did classics like Meet John Doe and Ball of Fire, Blowing Wild looks like something they did in their spare time on a holiday in Mexico.

Everybody overacts outrageously to keep the film afloat even Gary Cooper if you can believe that.

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Release date
- December 16, 1953 (France)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Jeff
Filming locations
- Churubusco Studios, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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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