03 Sep 1942
Wildcat
Wildcatter Johnny Maverick and his pal go to a town in oil country offering $25,000 to the person who brings in the first well. They find oil on the outskirts but have to sell a share to a promoter who hires Johnny's old enemy.
Rumbling Silence
An oil driller falls for the lonely farm wife of a man working in Budapest.
Top Billed Cast
József Madaras Gazsi
Katalin Ladik Eta
Gyula Szabó János
János Kovács 
Sándor Siménfalvy 
István Szilágyi
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