Oil

Oil

Out of control

1977•1h 41m•5.6/10

ActionAdventure

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.6/10(8)

When a huge fire erupts at an oil field in the wilds of the Sahara Desert, an American who specializes in fighting oil-field fires and his team are called in to put it out. As the fire rages out of control, the expert finds that he not only has to battle the fire but greed and political corruption as well.

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Production

Casa de Filme 5, Spectacular Film Productions

Language

RO

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

Ray Milland

Ray Milland

Boss Stewart

Stuart Whitman

Stuart Whitman

John Carter

Gheorghe Dinică

Gheorghe Dinică

George "Salamandră"

Woody Strode

Woody Strode

Ben

Tony Kendall

Tony Kendall

Tony

Jean Constantin

Jean Constantin

Jean

William Berger

William Berger

Bill Mann

Radu Beligan

Radu Beligan

Profesorul Luca

Florin Piersic

Florin Piersic

Dan

Gordon Mitchell

Gordon Mitchell

Joe

Roberto Messina

Roberto Messina

Fred

Valentin Plătăreanu

Valentin Plătăreanu

Ionescu

Paola Senatore

Paola Senatore

Diana Astor

Mircea Diaconu

Mircea Diaconu

Grigore

Mihail Vasile Boghiță

Mihail Vasile Boghiță

Mihai

Ioana Drăgan

Ioana Drăgan

Secretara lui Boss

Constantin Dinulescu

Constantin Dinulescu

Doctorul

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