Blowing Wild

Good morning, mister.

- What do you want?

- You haven't struck oil yet, senor.

What's it to you?

I only wish to tell you

it's dangerous.

- Why?

- They blow up many wells.

Oh, I see.

Perhaps the mister wants to prevent

bandits from blowing up this well?

That'd be pretty hard to do.

We have no guns.

- You don't need a gun.

- We also have no money.

Not even some money?

Some little kind of money?

Can't you get some?

You got no friends?

- Who told you to dig here?

- I bought a lease.

Then you have money and I want it!

Every cent we got's in this well.

We'll find out.

Next time, be sure to have money.

- I don't get it.

- Well, they didn't shoot us, anyway.

Dynamite!

Why'd they have to do it to us?

We scrape every nickel to sink

this well and now look at it!

Ain't nothing left.

Just nothing.

There's still oil here and

we're going to dig it out!

How? What with? Where

are we gonna get drill pipe,

...tools and new rig?

Where? Where?

We'll get us a job,

save up and try again.

I'm sick and tired of trying.

If it ain't floods or tornadoes,

it's salt water or bandits.

I'm just plain tired!

- It's a long walk back to town.

Let's go. - I ain't going!

# Once we lived in a shack

# Drilled for oil

# Precious black gold

Nothing seems to have changed much.

Boy, Jeff, I'm really starving.

You'll get used to it.

Well, I might,

but my ulcer won't.

That doctor in Arabia told me to

always keep something on my stomach.

- That was five years ago.

- I feel like I ain't ate since.

Got an opening for a driller

and derrick man?

Can't you read?

NO HELP WANTED:

Oh. We'll take anything -

roustabout, ditch digger - anything.

Production's been cut.

Too much trouble from bandits.

Come on, Dutch.

Where were they when we needed 'em?

You heard the man. We're not the

only oil company out of business.

Let's go back to the States, Dutch.

It'll be easier to raise a bankroll.

Great! How do we get there?

I'll see what I can do.

Psst!

I beg your pardon,

but you're British, aren't you?

No.

Oh, brother, am I glad!

Come here, I want to talk to you.

- I've got a problem.

- Yeah?

- Where are you going?

- New Orleans.

What a break!

- For you or me?

- For both of us if you'd be a sport.

- I'm listening.

- They let wives travel half fare.

You tell 'em I'm your wife

and buy my ticket for me.

- OK.

- Thanks, you're a pal.

- What are you waiting for?

- The money.

Oh. Well, you see,

that's my problem.

Nice to make your acquaintance.

I'll pay you back as soon as

we get there. That's a promise.

You've got to help me.

I'm in a spot.

Well, all right, just try to act

like a wife. But keep quiet, huh?

Tomorrow, ten o'clock.

- What's the fare to New Orleans?

- $150.

Sounds fair enough.

I have a lease on some oil land.

I'll leave it as security

on two tickets and a half fare.

See this?

- Oil leases.

- But mine's legitimate.

These are all legitimate

and worthless. Sorry.

But my wife is sick. You wouldn't

leave a woman stranded here?

I said sorry.

I sure can pick 'em.

Stick around. You might

run into an Englishman.

Hey, mister. You got the price

of a meal for a fellow American?

Hey, mister. You got the price

of a meal for a fellow American?

- Give it back.

- Aw, Jeff...!

Wait. You guys looking for work?

- Why didn't I think of that?

- What you're offering?

- You know how to handle explosives?

- Sure, what kind?

- Nitro.

- Let's go.

- What's the pay?

- 200 bucks for the trip.

$200 for carrying soup?

Not interested.

Jeff, we don't want

to haul no soup.

- How far is the run?

- Four hours.

- What kind of road?

- Smooth as glass.

Yeah, I know. Where there IS a road.

Refrigerated truck?

The guy I'm contracting for is

a small operator. No refrigerators.

All right. 500 dollars a man.

- Aw, come on, that's too much.

- OK, drive it out yourself.

Wait a minute. 400 bucks a man.

- It's a deal.

- Jeff, wait.

That stuff blows at 160 degrees,

we don't know the road..

- When are we leaving?

- Five o'clock tomorrow morning,

before the sun gets high.

Meet me here.

- What about a little advance?

- Yeah, a little eating money.

Sure, I'll give you an advance...

then I'll never see you again.

If you don't lose your nerve,

I'll see you tomorrow morning.

Oh, boy!

Listen to those ulcers growl.

Sounds like I got

a Great Dane in there.

Wish one'd come by.

I could eat it.

- Shut up and go to sleep.

- I can't sleep on an empty stomach.

I'm going to walk around.

Feels better when I'm moving.

Don't get into trouble.

Hold real still, mister.

All I want is the price of a meal.

All right, all right, let go!

Jeff! Help!

Jeff!

Help! Jeff! Jeff!

- Paco!

- Jeffrey, boy!

Paco?! Am I glad to see you!

- I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you.

- Pick on somebody your own size!

- What are you doing, tearing into

Paco? - I was hungry!

You need money?

Why didn't you come to me?

- Here.

- Brother, are you loaded!

Dutch got an instinct

for that stuff.

I wouldn't be too sure. Lucky

for you I didn't have to use this.

I didn't know you were

in these parts!

We just got in.

- Where are you staying?

- Well...

- Come to the hotel,

I'll get you a room. - No, thanks...

You're not going to make me

use this? Come on!

Come on.

Excuse me, fellas,

I see an old pal over here.

Hey! Come on upstairs to my suite.

We'll get a drink

and you can say hello to Marina.

Your wife here?

Just for the day.

She gets restless at home.

She sure will be surprised

to see you.

It's getting late.

Maybe she's asleep.

No, no. She can't go to sleep,

till I kiss her goodnight. Come on.

Marina!

Where are you, honey?

I bet she's taking a bath.

She loves sitting in the tub.

Marina? Oh! Hiya, sweetheart.

- Brawling again?

- A friendly scrap.

Hand me my negligee.

Hey, this is new.

Must've cost plenty.

I'm not complaining, angel.

You're entitled.

- You smell like a gutter.

- That's where I been.

Hey, guess who I brought up here.

Jeff Dawson! I sure missed that guy.

It was great to see him again.

Come on out and say hello, huh?

She'll be out in a second.

I used to think married guys

were suckers. I still think so.

But there's only one Marina

and I got her...

I never can find anything!

Is that stuff or is that stuff?

Nice to see you again.

Been a long time.

- Hello, Marina.

- Honey, I can't find the tequila!

What would I do without you?

Come on, Jeff, pull up a chair.

We'll kill the bottle

and have some laughs.

Stick around and laugh, Jeff!

Where'd you go when you

left here?

All over. Guatemala, Venezuela...

What happened in Venezuela?

Everything went sky-high, including

the equipment and four creditors.

I was out of the country

before it came down.

Then I spotted in a new rig

near here.

I was on top of the prettiest

anticline you ever saw.

- Anticline but no showings, eh?

- Plenty.

But banditos showed up

before the pay sand.

Bourbon neat, as I remember.

You'll never get smart -

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