The 33 (2015), Fury at Furnace Creek (1948), Lust for Gold (1949), Station West (1948), Hands Up (1926), Silver Dollar (1933), Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997), The Spoilers (1914) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Mine Owner movies.
Storyline: A docudramatic account of the 2010 Chilean mine disaster is presented, where the thirty-three miners who went into the San José Mine in Copiapó, Chile in the middle of the Atacama Desert on August 5 were trapped 700 meters underground for sixty-nine days, with all thirty-three eventually able to make it out of the mine alive. That day, mine foreman, Luis "Don Lucho" Urzúa, reported his concerns to mine owner, Carlos Castillo, about the unstable nature of the mountain under which the mine is located, those concerns which went unheeded. Don Lucho one of the thirty-three, went to work as usual into the mine, when that instability led to collapse in some of the underground shafts, the thirty-three who were able to make it to the refuge area, however with communication channels to the surface inoperable. Under normal circumstances, the refuge area had enough supplies to last thirty men three days. The miners also discovered that the company had failed to place the requisite ladders from ...
Plot Keywords: miner, mine owner, rescue worker, family member, friend, reporter, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who is escorting a wagon-train through Apache territory, heading for the fort at Furnace Creek, that he should cancel the escort and rush to another town. Apache leader "Little Dog" is leading the attack on the wagon-train and massacring everyone at the poorly manned fort. As a result the treaty is broken with the Indians and the white settlers take over the territory with the help of the calvary, as the Apaches are wiped out and only "Little Dog" remains at large. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell is court-martial-led for treason. The general's 2 sons, Cash Blackwell and Capt. Rufe Blackwell, each with a different disposition, go about trying to find evidence to clear their father's name.—Robert
Plot Keywords: general, captain, gambler, brother, mine owner, indian chief, dense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During the 1870s, the ruthless Jacob Walz (Glenn Ford) becomes very wealthy after locating a legendary Arizona gold mine and securing sole ownership by murdering his partner. Walz then travels to Phoenix, where he catches the attention of a beautiful and crafty woman named Julia Thomas (Ida Lupino), who has learned of his exploits. Eventually, Walz falls in love with Julia, unaware that she's already married to Pete (Gig Young), who is eyeing his fortune.
Plot Keywords: mine owner, beautiful woman, husband, murderer, melodramatic, intense, arizona ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Dick Powell stars as Haven, an army undercover investigator assigned to investigate the murders of two cavalrymen. Travelling incognito, Haven arrives in a small frontier outpost, where saloon singer Charlie controls all illegal activities. After making short work of Charlie's burly henchman, Haven gets a job in her organization biding his time and gathering evidence against the gorgeous crime boss. Cast as a philosophical hotel keeper, Burl Ives is afforded the opportunity to sing a a ballad.—R. Alberts
Plot Keywords: secret agent, captain, mine owner, financier, lawyer, partner, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A southern spy during the Civil War, he must try to capture a shipment of gold. His task is complicated by the two sisters, the Indians and a firing squad.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: spy, daughter, love interest, mine owner, general, abraham lincoln, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Yates and Sarah Martin are barely getting by in a Colorado boom town grocery store. Sudden wealth leads to greater prosperity and political power. In Denver Yates buys a mansion and builds an opera house. He leaves Sarah for glamorous Lily and, when he makes it to Washington as Senator, marries her. When the gold standard is introduced, he's ruined.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: politician, wife, mine owner, mistress, ulysses s. grant, engaging, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Based on Peter Hoeg's bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof. Smilla Jasperson, a close friend who lives in the same house begins to suspect murder because she knows that the boy was afraid of heights and would not have played on the roof. As she begins to investigate, she is pulled deeper and deeper into a conspiracy that could very well mean her death.
Plot Keywords: scientist, young woman, inuit, victim, neighbor, mine owner, dense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: As owners of the richest mine in Alaska, Roy Glenister and his partner Dextry go to the States during the winter after Glenister has reached an "understanding" with dance hall girl Cherry Malotte. Meanwhile, in Washington, Alex McNamara wants to send corrupt Judge Stillman to Nome to further his scheme to rob all of the mine owners in Alaska of their claims. When the judge becomes ill, he sends his unwitting niece Helen Chester with the important documents to Alaska. On the trip, she meets and is mutually attracted to Glenister. In Alaska, McNamara's scheme is almost accomplished until Glenister and Dextry, with the aid of lawyer Bill Wheaton, precipitate the arrest of the conspirators and the restoration of their claims. The Bronco Kid, who with Cherry had hoped to keep Helen and Glenister apart, turns out to be Helen's long-lost brother. In the end, Helen and Glenister admit they love each other.—Pamela Short
Plot Keywords: mine owner, partner, girlfriend, politician, love interest, niece, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Gene returns from the East with new ranch owner Tom Bennett to find everyone's cattle dying. Blaine has reopened the copper mine and the waste is poisoning the water supply. While Gene is away Tom confronts the miners and a men is killed in the ensuing gunfight. Now Gene not only has the dying cattle problem but his ranch owner is in jail.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: cowboy, rancher, mine owner, sidekick, friend, positive, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Sir Michael Caine) is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he arrives, Fletcher finds that the bank, acquired by his associate Prince di Siracusa (Louis Jourdan), consists of some shabby offices above a restaurant. To make up for this, the Prince suggests that Fletcher invests in a silver mine owned by Shireen and Agha Firdausi (Stéphane Audran and David Warner). This solves one problem, but the mine also attracts the attention of some of the most powerful people in the silver business. Fletcher must pull out all of his wheeler-dealing skills in order to keep hold of everything for which he's worked, in the process romancing a banker's discontented wife (Cybill Shepherd).—marktreut
Plot Keywords: finance expert, mob boss, prince, mine owner, con artist, brash, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Honey Fisher has become a powerful man in this small Western town that has grown up around gold-prospecting fields. Fisher and his gang have managed, through swindling, murder, and terror, to gain leases on the important gold-yielding land in the area. A state commissioner comes to town to review the leases, which are crucial to Fisher's power. Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy join forces with circus performers and townsfolk led by Stevens' friend Finch to fight against Fisher and his henchmen.—Charles Delacroix
Plot Keywords: gold digger, mine owner, cowboy, bandit, artist, gory, airy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A man murdered at the Saint's doorstep manages to utter a few words to Simon Templar before he dies, sending him off to the quaint resort village of Baycombe where he confronts crime mastermind 'The Tiger' and his gang as they plan to smuggle gold bullion out of the country.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>
Plot Keywords: the saint, smuggler, scotland yard detective, butler, mine owner, curator, intricate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The Llano Kid is robbing stages but only taking money from Montana Slade's Cottonwood Mine. He then gives the money to those cheated by Slade. The Sheriff is after him and eventually obtains a picture and displays wanted posters and is soon after him.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: outlaw, daughter, sheriff, mine owner, hero, rousing, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Prim East Coast dandy Hiram Gummer (Michael Gross) arrives in the town of Rejection, Nev., to investigate a series of strange deaths at the silver mine he owns. He receives help from local innkeeper Christine Lord (Sara Botsford) and miner Juan Pedilla (Brent Roam). But, when it turns out that gigantic killer worms that burrow underground are responsible for the miners' deaths, Hiram decides he'd better call in expert gunslinger Black Hand Kelly (Billy Drago) to save the day.
Plot Keywords: mine owner, miner, innkeeper, gunslinger, creepy, amusing, frightful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An ex-convict (Lou Diamond Phillips) gives shelter to a battered woman (Marina Black) and grapples with a corrupt mine owner in an 1850s community.
Plot Keywords: ex-convict, woman, mine owner, corrupt businessman, tense, inspiring, gutsy ...
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