Black Gold

(1936)

57 minutes.

Film / Action / Drama / Crime

Directed by Russell Hopton

Cast: Frankie Darro, Roy Mason and Gloria Shea

Frankie Darro's cinema appearances are never less than tolerable. In this film Darro is Clifford "Fishtail" O'Reilly, his nickname given him by his father Dan after a drill bit used with rotary rigs during the early days of oil exploration that form the setting for the storyline. When Dan falls to his death due to sabotage arranged by loan sharking J.G. Anderson who wishes to take possession by default of the well. Clifford must decide if he will continue in working the site wherein he has spent many of his ripening years.