Oils Well! (1923)

Plot Summary

Set in the oil-soaked country of “Chilitina”—shot on location in San Diego’s Balboa Park—Oils Well! follows the travails of Monty, an everyman office clerk, who thinks only of his boss’s daughter. When Herbert Hester, an oilman “so crooked he cheats when counting his pulse,” schemes to cover up the company’s new gusher so he can claim it himself and get the girl, Monty swings into action. He eludes the hapless Chilitinan army, sidesteps the General’s amorous wife, thwarts Herbert, and saves the day.

Full Cast & Characters

Monty Banks

Monty, the Office Force

Robert Gray

Herbert Hester

Ena Gregory

The Boss's Daughter

Jeffrey Osborne

President of the Bralivia Oil Corporation

Mark Hamilton

Soldier (uncredited)

Director & Crew

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