Maracaibo

• Director: Cornel Wilde
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Adventure Drama
• Main Cast: Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Abbe Lane, Francis Lederer, Michael Landon
• Release Year: 1958
• Country: US
• Run Time: 88 minutes

Plot

Maracaibo was actor Cornel Wilde's second directorial effort. Wilde casts himself as troubleshooting oil man Vic Scott, who has arrived in Venezuela to help put out a fire at an offshore well. It's a ticklish situation: if Scott fails, not only will he die in the blaze, but all of Maracaibo will likely be destroyed. When he isn't risking his life, Scott romantically pursues ice-princess journalist Laura Kingsley (played by Jean Wallace, at the time Mrs. Cornel Wilde). Joe E. Ross of Car 54 Where are You fame provides a few welcome laughs as a Brooklynese oil rigger. Filmed partially on location, Maracaibo was based on a novel by Stirling Silliphant. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Cornel Wilde - Vic Scott
• Jean Wallace - Laura Kingsley
• Abbe Lane - Elena Holbrook
• Francis Lederer - Miguel Orlando
• Michael Landon - Lago Orlando

Lillian Buyeff - Mrs. Montera; Carmen D'Antonio - Dancer; Lydia Goya; Jack Kosslyn - Raoul Palma; Manuel Lopez - Boatman; Joe E. Ross - Milt Karger; Frank Leyva - Bartender; George Navarro - Waiter; George Ramsey - Mr. Montera; Amapola Del Vando - Amelia

Credit

Hal Pereira - Art Director, J. McMillan Johnson - Art Director, Edith Head - Costume Designer, Cornel Wilde - Director, Everett Douglas - Editor, Laurindo Almeida - Composer (Music Score), Ellsworth Fredericks - Cinematographer, Cornel Wilde - Producer, Sam Comer - Set Designer, Grace Gregory - Set Designer, John P. Fulton - Special Effects, Ted Sherdeman - Screenwriter, Stirling Silliphant - Book Author

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