Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake Trailer (1954)

29 March 1954 Factual 30 mins

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

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

William Phillips as Sam Brown

William Haade as Salt Driller

Jack Ingram as Man on Horseback

Frank Hagney as Farmer

Crew

Eugène Lourié Production Design

Norman Reilly Raine Writer

Alexander Laszlo Original Music Composer

Arthur Pierson Director

Charles P. Boyle Director of Photography

Guy V. Thayer Jr. Executive Producer

Thomas Neff Editor

Roland D. Reed Producer

Jack R. Glass Visual Effects

International Releases Dates

United States 29 March 1954

Production Companies

Film Counselors Inc.

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