Movie

Hard Oil!

“How the Canadians Discovered Oil”

The story of the early Canadian oil industry from its start in Petrolia and Oil Springs, Ontario, from about 1850 to 1900. Dramatic re-creations blend with archival photographs and diaries to tell the rags-to-riches-to-rags tale of a boom that went bust.

Screenplay

John Bemrose

Director

Nicholas Kendall

Music

John Roby

Status

Released

Release date

01/01/1980

Original language

English