''Magnificent Roughnecks'' is a 1956 American

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directed by Sherman A. Rose and written by Stephen Kandel. The film stars

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, Jeff Donnell,

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and

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. The film was released on July 22, 1956, by Allied Artists Pictures.

Plot

Under contract with an oil company, engineer Bix Decker and geologist Frank Sommers have been working in

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, but now Bix intends to go home. He changes his mind when replacement Jane Rivers shows up, at first skeptical because she's a woman, then eager to work together. A rival oil rigger, Werner Jackson, enjoys taunting Bix about a woman doing his job and punches Frank when he tries to intervene. Bix is impressed by Jane's work, but when he tries to kiss her, he gets slapped. His girlfriend Julie also is upset at seeing them together. During an emergency, after a casing fails, Bix and Frank try to drive nitroglycerine to the well to blow it up and extinguish the fire. Werner blocks the way, but Bix uses a bulldozer to cover him in dirt. A gusher erupts, dousing the blaze. It's time for Bix to return home, but his contract is extended six more months so he can stay behind and work with Jane.

Cast

as Bix Decker *

as Frank Sommers *

as Jane Rivers * Jeff Donnell as Julie *

as Werner Jackson *

as Ernie Biggers *Eric Feldary as Señor Ramon Serrano *Alan Wells as Danny *

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as Chuck Evans *Larry Carr as Guard *Matty Fain as Pepi *

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as Driver

References

External links

* 1956 films American comedy films 1956 comedy films Films scored by Paul Dunlap Films about petroleum 1950s English-language films 1950s American films American black-and-white films {{1950s-US-comedy-film-stub