A firefighter is sent to Venezuela to battle a blazing oil well but still finds time for romance.
Practical Effects
Real burning oil well footage—no CGI, just actual fire
Cinematography
Venezuela location shooting pops in Technicolor
Acting
Cornel Wilde's intense stare carries the whole film
Director
Cornel Wilde
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wilde filmed actual burning oil wells in Venezuela after a producer secured access to a real industrial fire.
This was one of several 1950s Hollywood productions using Latin America as dangerous exotic backdrop for white American heroism.
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