"Oklahoma Crude" is a rather confusing film. The motivation of the main characters is fuzzy to say the least and the behaviors of the baddies just didn't make a lot of sense in this one. To me...it's just a misfire despite the presence of George C. Scott...which is a shame, as he is one of the greatest actors of his age.
The story is set sometime around the turn of the 19th-20th century. A determined woman is trying to drill for oil in Oklahoma but a baddie (Jack Palance) who works for an oil corporation seems willing to do just about anything to stop her and her few men. Mase (Scott) wanders into the mess and tries his best to make the well pan out...but even if it does, the baddie and his men are waiting at the edge of their property and they're very well armed.
The film suffers from so many unanswered questions that I won't bother to mention most of them. But a few are pretty important. First, why is Faye Dunaway's character so angry and why does she seem to hate her father? Second, why have the baddies and the good guys killed quite a few of each other...and then they just walk away at the end as if nothing has happened? Um...hello....murders here!! Third, who is Mase and why does he do pretty much every thing he did in the story? Add to that a rather crude script (read the trivia section for a bit more on this) and it results in a misfire. I wanted to like it but the film just felt unfinished, confusing and uninvolving.
The story is set sometime around the turn of the 19th-20th century. A determined woman is trying to drill for oil in Oklahoma but a baddie (Jack Palance) who works for an oil corporation seems willing to do just about anything to stop her and her few men. Mase (Scott) wanders into the mess and tries his best to make the well pan out...but even if it does, the baddie and his men are waiting at the edge of their property and they're very well armed.
The film suffers from so many unanswered questions that I won't bother to mention most of them. But a few are pretty important. First, why is Faye Dunaway's character so angry and why does she seem to hate her father? Second, why have the baddies and the good guys killed quite a few of each other...and then they just walk away at the end as if nothing has happened? Um...hello....murders here!! Third, who is Mase and why does he do pretty much every thing he did in the story? Add to that a rather crude script (read the trivia section for a bit more on this) and it results in a misfire. I wanted to like it but the film just felt unfinished, confusing and uninvolving.