Movie: Prospecting for Petroleum

Top 5 Billed Cast

Conrad Nagel
Conrad Nagel

The Voice of Oil (voice)

H.B. Warner
H.B. Warner

The Voice of History (voice)

Gayne Whitman
Gayne Whitman

The Geologist (voice)

Will Wright
Will Wright

The Professor (voice)

John Mather
John Mather

The Barker (voice)

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    All-puppet animation tells the story of how oil is formed through ages of geological change, how it is found, extracted and put to use by man.

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    1946-01-01

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