MIKE: If you and some of the other guys can just hang in,
you're gonna see something that you've never seen before.
Let's hope he doesn't hit oil before you make the deal.
(ROARS)
I'm gonna have to leave this place.
You're risking everything you got.
I got something worth risking.
(ALL CHEERING)
You knew!
No!
Linda! Linda!
NARRATOR: Dr. David Banner, physician, scientist.
Searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have.
Then, an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry.
And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged,
a startling metamorphosis occurs.
(ROARS)
The creature is driven by rage
and pursued by an investigative reporter.
Mr. McGee, don't make me angry.
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
The creature is wanted for a murder he didn't commit.
David Banner is believed to be dead.
And he must let the world think that he is dead
until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.
(ROARS)
Hey! Hey!
You all right?
Yeah, I'm okay.
Sorry.
Well, what do you think, Blakeman? Huh?
Ever gonna be able to look a gas pump in the face again?
Is it always like this?
No, if it ain't cold, it's hot.
When it ain't hot... Yeah, I know, it's raining.
Yeah. Why do you do it?
That's a good question. Got a good answer for you.
Adler, cover for a while.
I wanna show Blakeman something.
Sure, boss.
Come on, I'll buy you a coffee.
Hi, baby.
A little coffee?
You remember Blakeman, here, don't you?
Good morning, Dad, I've already got some, thank you,
and sure, I hired him.
How's it going?
Well, I'm trying to get used to it. You know.
Black?
Oh, pardon me, yeah, black's fine.
Oklahoma City, wasn't it? And you drove a cab in New York.
That's right, yes. Very good memory.
Yes, and that's my weakest point.
Oh, well... Hey,
you've been here about a week now, haven't you?
Yes, that's right.
Well that's about as long as most of the temporary workers hang around.
They leave to go to a bigger rig, company jobs.
Course, Linda claims they leave
just to avoid my geography lessons.
Oh, great.
Venezuela, 1957,
Iran, 1960,
Alaska, 1962...
LINDA: '63.
What? No.
Alaska was '63. I had my 13th birthday there.
'63? You sure it was 63?
Yes, Dad. We left the following fall for Suez.
Huh!
1963... Oh, well, anyway.
The green flags are for those that came in,
yellow flags, failure.
Well, you have a very successful map there.
Yeah, but none of them were my successes.
Thirty years I've been pulling oil out of the ground for other men.
Till now.
Wildfire's gonna come in for me.
And Linda.
Gonna set us free.
Well, I hope it's soon. I spoke with Dale Willis this morning.
He says, "No more pipe on credit."
Oh, we'll figure out something.
We always do.
Blakeman,
if you and some of the other guys
can just hang in a little while longer,
you're gonna see something that you've never seen before.
Yeah, a paycheck.
All right, funny. Yeah, have fun.
When that sucker comes in, she's gonna go crazy like everybody else.
She can't help it.
I hope I'm here to see it.
So do I.
PHIL: Blakeman, that's the wrong one!
Oh, I'm sorry.
Yeah? Well, we can't afford another accident.
Don't worry about it, man.
You're just a little green, that's all.
I looked for other work, you know.
When they say this is the only job in town,
that's what they mean.
It's the only job in town.
Phil?
Can you spare me somebody?
I need help hauling that stuff in from town.
Blakeman, give her a hand.
You're just getting in the way around here anyway.
Hey, you wanna quit coming down on the men so hard?
I mean, morale is low enough as is.
If my friends in Manhattan could see me now.
Now wait a minute.
You're trying to tell me oil wells or New York?
I went to school there.
I got a degree in languages.
Four years of clean fingernails and tailored clothes.
Ah!
But I got back here as soon as I could.
I just couldn't stand being away from all this.
The dust, and the lizards, and the oil in my hair.
Oh, really? Well, then, why do you stay here?
Well, if Wildfire comes in, Dad will be set,
and I can go back to New York,
maybe work as an interpreter at the UN.
Meanwhile, I'm up to my knees in mud and IOU's,
waiting for someone to pass through town
who knows that a Matisse isn't a foreign car.
Do you know what I mean?
Oh, sure.
MAN: (LAUGHS) Mike, look who's here to see you.
Hey, Mike.
Any luck?
(SARCASTICALLY) Oh, yeah!
Yeah, can't you see the thing gushing back there?
Careful it doesn't splash oil all over your nice car.
Getting pretty tense these days, Mike.
I think wildcatting's wearing you down.
It's being around three-piece suits.
They always did make me break out.
Well, have you thought any more about our talk?
It's a fair offer, Mike.
Even Linda says so.
You're not getting any younger.
What do you need with this kind of aggravation?
Listen, Ray,
you and I have been plagued by company men all our lives.
I never let one of them get to me yet.
They're not smart enough.
That's why you're gonna die out here,
with nothing but mud.
"Nothing but mud," huh?
That's why that outfit you're hustling for wants my lease so bad?
You never used to be this big a fool, Mike.
You're risking everything you got.
I don't envy you.
Yes, you do.
I got something worth risking.
Well? How did we do?
Ah, Mr. Wade.
Can I get you something? Some coffee?
How's Mike Callahan?
He's stubborn.
But I'm wearing him down.
Did those geology tests come in?
It could blow at any time.
And it's gonna be worth millions.
We wait much longer, he's gonna have a full-blown gusher on his hands.
I don't think he'd be too likely to sell to us then.
Do you?
Well, I'll see what I can do.
One of the reasons we hired you, Ray,
was your longstanding relationships with these wildcatters.
But if you can't convince an old crony like Mike Callahan to sell,
well...
I know you can get him to sell Wildfire.
Let's hope he doesn't hit oil before you make the deal.
When you key men signed on here,
you knew the only deal I had to offer you was a share in the rig
when it comes in.
The rest of you have really, really been patient
whenever we've had a problem.
We heard there's gonna be no more pipe.
Well, that's why I'm talking to you.
We got 500 feet and we need more pipe.
But I don't have enough money to pay for the pipe and your salaries, too.
Well, what are we supposed to do now?
Well, I'm prepared to make you the same deal as the key guys: A share in the rig.
Be a smaller share, but in the end,
you're gonna make a bigger load than you would on payroll.
What if it doesn't come in?
What'll our shares be worth then?
It's gonna come in, Keller. It's gonna come in.
And you're all gonna get paid.
You can sell this thing now,
and we can all be on payroll every week.
Oh, listen, this is the last independent-run rig around here.
We wanna show the corporation we can bring the thing in without them!
Hey, guys, we all know each other.
I got just as much going in this as you.
But come on, another couple of days and we'll bring it in.
Now you'll see!
How're we gonna live?
We'll give you room and board, enough to get by on.
It's just for a couple of days. That's all we need.
Well, listen, you can all take a walk. That's up to you.
MAN 1: I don't know.
MAN 2: Yeah, we've trusted you this far.
Well, I'm a gambler.
I'll stay.
MAN 3: Yeah, I'll stick it out.
We'll stick behind him. Me, too.
Well, I...
Listen, you're not gonna be sorry, fellows. I can promise you that.
ADLER: Okay, now let's get back to work.
David, could I talk to you for a minute?
Sure.
Yes?
Uh, thanks for staying.
It's all right.
Would you like to have a cup of coffee?
No. No, thank you.
Why are you staying?
Well, if... I mean, when Wildfire comes in,
my share will be worth quite a bit of money,
and I could really use it to accomplish some important things.
Oh, good.
You know why I'd hate to see you leave?
No.
Well, there's this steak house in town,
and I can't get anyone to agree
that they have the worst red wine
in the continental United States.
I'd like to know what you think.
Tonight?
(MUSIC PLAYING)
Well, what do you recommend?
It's all the same.
Well done steak,
well done chicken,
or frozen shrimp.
And this is the best restaurant in town, huh?
Well, that's because the tablecloths aren't plastic.
(CHOKING) But the wine is.
I knew I could count on you.
RAY: Linda.
Oh, Ray, hi.
Hi, how're you doing?
I'm okay. Do you know David Blakeman?
Ray Thomas. How do you do?
Hi, how do you do? Nice to meet you.
Well, how's your dad doing?
Well, whatever can screw up on a rig is happening to his.
Today a cable snapped and shut us down for a while.
Oh, those kind of things happen all the time.
Sure, but it eats up time.
The longer it takes him to hit oil,
the more likely he is to go bust.
You can always do business with me.
You've known Dad longer than anybody. Even me.
When was the last time you heard him give in on anything?
(CHUCKLING) You're right. Sometimes he's too stubborn.
Not sensible like you.
Have you eaten?
Mmm-hmm.
Linda, he values your opinion.
I think you could talk him into selling.
Think about it.
Well, nice to meet you. You, too.
Take care.
Well, shall we order?
I want you to know
that that steak
was extremely well done.
(CHUCKLES) I haven't lied to you yet.
No, because you are an extremely honorable lady.
You know something else? Hmm?
I'm awfully glad you're here.
So am I. No, I'm serious.
I was afraid this was gonna be a really dull season.
I believe you.
How would you like to see
my very own Fifth Avenue penthouse apartment?
Mmm!
And I'll say it first.
No strings,
no commitments,
no demands.
And I know, you don't plan to be around here very long.
But, David, neither do I.
(MACHINERY WHIRRING)
(RATTLING)
Adler?
(MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO)
DAVID: Help!
Help, I can't breathe!
(MUSIC VOLUME RISES)
Let me out of here!
(ROARING)
(ADLER SCREAMS)
MAN ON RADIO: Whoa, now, that was Bobbie Jim MacEnery
fiddling around with Sister Suzie's...
(EXCLAIMS)
... why he's hitting this week.
You can bet I wouldn't let Bobbie Jim fiddle around with my sister Suzie!
This here is Mickey Roberts reminding you
I'm here every night, all night from 10:00 till dawn.
And I want you to stick around now for some requests.
It's past witching hour right now,
and all you possums still listening out there,
we're gonna play some of your favorites, and some a mine, too.
But first, we're gonna take a little look...
(WARBLING)
WOMAN: ... I thought I'd died and gone to heaven
the first time I heard that tune from Junior Patterson.
If that don't make you feel lonely and want to sing the blues,
you got a heart of stone.
Speaking of lonely, speaking of blue,
you been feeling like the world's just passing you right on by?
When you're out there on the road in the middle of the night,
(VOLUME RISES DRAMATICALLY) Don't you want someone else to know you're there?
Well, we got the cure for that isolated feeling, good buddy,
a brand new CB radio from Fobbs Hardware Store!
(GROWLING) Fobbs, on Gold Street downtown,
is having a 30%-off sale on...
Get those guys moving.
Mike. Yeah?
Mike, I wanna talk to you.
Last night I found something out here.
I think Adler's trying to sabotage you.
Yeah? What'd you find out?
Well, the generator cable. It was being cut,
and when I saw him do it, he tried to take me out.
I think he tried to kill me!
Mike? Are you listening to me?
Yeah, David. You can tell me all about it from right over there.
Well, did you hear what I said about the generator cable, Mike?
Mike, I'm trying...
Just hold on, David.
Hold on.
(RUMBLING)
MAN 1: Can you feel it?
MAN 2: It's gonna go! Look out up there.
MAN 3: Move away! It's gonna go!
Back away there! Look out!
Here it comes!
(ALL CHEERING)
You knew!
Unbelievable!
When you've stood on oil land as many times as I have, kid,
you can feel that son of a gun
coming in through the soles of your feet.
(LAUGHS)
MAN: Okay, you guys, let's get this thing capped!
All right, we gotta celebrate.
I've never seen anything like that before.
Hey, look at that rig go.
Mike, didn't you hear what I said to you out there?
Well, we've got a little money to play with now.
It's gonna make life easier on all of us.
Either you didn't hear me or you're ignoring me, Mike.
You got any family, Dave?
Mike, a man tried to kill me out there
and he's trying to destroy your... I heard you.
They tried to kill you and they sabotaged Wildfire.
That doesn't surprise you?
Well, the killing part, maybe.
Not the sabotage.
Probably Wilco.
Adler must be on their payroll, too.
That's the way it works, pal.
Well, what are you gonna do about it?
Nothing!
It doesn't matter.
Wildfire came in, and that's all that counts.
Well, Wildfire just came in.
I could've shut that rig down for a week.
You're full of alibis, aren't you?
You think I could make up a story about some crazy green man?
I mean, you should've seen the turkey. He was huge,
and he was strong,
and my truck out there looks like a sardine can.
Okay, okay. But what about Blakeman?
Gone.
What do you want me to do about him?
Nothing. We're canning the whole thing.
Did Mr. Wade say call it off?
No. I said call it off.
With Wildfire coming in, we're too late.
Mike Callahan's a rich man. He'd never sell.
You give up too easy.
I said, can it.
You know the trouble with you, Thomas,
is you got no guts.
Get out.
MIKE: Listen, I'm sorry you got caught in the middle of this thing,
and I'm glad you didn't get hurt.
Mike.
Mike, look, I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to go.
I mean, it has nothing to do with what happened.
It's just that...
I'm gonna have to leave this place.
Linda know you're leaving?
Not yet.
She's grown kind of fond of you,
in case you hadn't noticed.
I noticed.
I thought so.
She doesn't have much of a chance
to meet a guy like you out here,
with class, intelligence, polish... You know.
Now, Mike, Mike,
from what I can gather, at least from what she's told me,
she doesn't feel she has much of a chance
as long as she's stuck in this place.
Yeah?
That's a first-class plane ticket to the Big Apple.
Bought that over a year ago.
Why didn't she use it?
She claims because of me, 'cause I need her.
Don't you? Of course I do.
Not enough to sacrifice her life, though.
She's running scared.
Scared she isn't pretty enough, or smart enough,
or strong enough. I don't know.
That's ridiculous. She's all of those things.
Of course she is.
Out here, nobody can hold a candle to her. She knows that.
But the competition in New York City is a little rougher.
(CHUCKLES)
You kind of sparked something in her.
I was hoping...
Well,
maybe you can talk her into using that, anyway.
Dad, you did it! Congratulations!
I'm so happy for you. God, it's wonderful!
Right? Didn't I tell you she'd get as crazy as the rest of us?
Crazier.
Now, listen, I gotta go see Haze.
What's the matter?
Oh, nothing. I just wanna talk to him.
Oh.
Isn't it terrific? What time are you gonna pick me up tonight?
We've got so much to celebrate.
Linda, I'm not gonna be able to pick you up tonight
because I'll be leaving.
Well, isn't that a little drastic, just to get out of a date?
Well, you always knew that when I had the money, I'd be moving on.
I don't really belong here any more than you do.
Well, you're lucky, you can leave.
So can you.
I mean, now that the well's come in, Mike's set just fine.
I don't know.
Unless, of course,
you're not staying because of Mike.
What does that mean?
Why didn't you use this?
I guess I was afraid my luck wouldn't hold out.
It has nothing to do with luck.
If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.
(WHIRRING)
Hey! Adler!
Adler, what're you doing over there?
Hey! Adler!
MAN: Hey! There's a satchel under the rig!
MAN 2: Get away!
Everybody down from that rig! Come on! Move it!
Come on down!
(ALL CLAMORING)
Linda! Linda!
(GROANING)
You all right, sweetie?
Help those men over there!
David, stick with her, will you?
I'm okay, really.
All right. We're gonna get the injured men to the office,
then I'll take care of that cut. Come on.
Hey, hey. Can you move?
(GRUNTS) All right, let's give it a try.
MAN: I don't want anybody within 100 yards of there!
Oh, that's great, thanks. You still feel all right?
Yeah. See if you can find another first aid kit.
I need some more sterilized bandages. Okay? Okay.
Now look, keep this packed in nice and tight.
MAN: David? Yeah?
God, he's on fire... (SOOTHING) Okay, okay.
He's in shock. Keep him as warm as possible, okay?
(MUMBLES DELIRIOUSLY)
I hope you know what you're doing.
I've known this guy since he was in diapers.
Mike.
Yeah.
We gotta get some help.
No, no, we...
Yeah, we can handle it.
We don't got enough men.
Well, I can't wait around for Red Adair to show up.
I wait too long, I...
It's gonna take all the money I've got to put the fire out.
I don't wanna burn up all our profits.
How are you gonna put that thing out?
We're gonna blow it out, cap it.
What does that mean?
Well, we take in our own explosives,
it blows,
the explosives kill the oxygen,
the fire goes out, we can cap the well.
But how are you gonna get near that fire?
Well, we...
You!
You're gonna pay for this, Ray. For what?
You put Adler up to this, and you're gonna pay for it.
No, Mike, I had nothing to do with this.
Don't tell me!
You were right in there with the rest of those guys.
No, Mike, I'm glad your well came in. I really am.
Yeah. You're glad. You've been on my back for a month now.
Get out of my sight.
Now listen to me. You're right, Mike.
For a while I wanted to see you fail.
Because you thought you were the only rigger
that made other men rich year after year
while your own family pinched pennies to make ends meet.
I'm done with your talking!
At least I don't give up.
Well, do you think I joined Wilco to take the easy way out?
Yeah.
It was the hardest damn thing I ever did.
But I been around enough to know
that I don't wanna be an over-the-hill rigger.
Tell me about Adler.
He's on the payroll.
He wants my job.
And they want your well.
They're crazy if they think I'm gonna sell now.
How's Haze?
Well, I've done as much as I can for now.
But what about the ambulances? Have they been called?
Yeah, they're on the way.
MIKE: We've got asbestos suits, fire shields, enough nitro.
Are you still thinking of blowing that well?
What are you talking about?
I was gonna try to blow the well, but it wouldn't work.
What's the point? We've had it.
Well, of course there's a point.
David, keep everybody in here.
All right, we're gonna need everyone that can work to get up there,
clearing hot metal.
What about your job?
Adler can have it.
MAN: Okay, men, get moving!
I want all the metal out of range!
Now!
MAN 2: Somebody get that pipe!
Somebody check back there!
Pull every piece of the rig in our way!
This well's blowing all over the valley!
I need some help over here! Now!
David, come over here a minute.
Yeah. I'm gonna need your help.
I'll do whatever I can.
The bulldozer's out of commission,
so we're gonna have to set these explosives by hand.
You mean you are actually gonna go out and get into that fire?
We have to. It's the only way.
Now, Keller's on the crane.
So Mike's gonna need one other person he can trust, and that leaves you.
I'll do my best. That a boy.
All right, let's go out there, we're gonna blow this thing.
I'm setting the explosives.
David's gonna carry the shield for me.
Oh, no, no way.
Anybody sets that charge, it's gonna be me.
Why? Because it's my well!
It's my responsibility.
All right, city boy, you're gonna work the detonator.
Well, I think I should tell you both
I have never fired a detonator in my life.
Well, we're gonna show you how.
And you're gonna watch a couple of old pros put out a well fire.
MAN: We got a couple of minutes to do the devil's work!
Come on! Let's move it!
You'd be pretty hard to miss in that outfit.
That's the point.
Just keep your eyes on these suits.
Don't look away, no matter what.
Okay.
Now, we'll raise this flag when we're about ready for you to detonate.
I'll drop it, you count to five, then push that thing.
All right.
Now, we won't drop it until we're well out of blast range.
You're gonna be safe here.
Okay, here's the nitro,
wrapped in double asbestos.
Let's pray that asbestos is thick enough
to keep the heat out till we can plant it.
Well, all the hot metal and debris have been cleared, Mike.
There's nothing left to overheat.
What about Keller?
Well, he's bringing the crane into place now to cap the well.
Now look, pull these wires right here.
There's a lot of strain here when we start to pay out.
All right.
MAN: Mike! All the hot metal's been cleared out of range!
It's all ready for you!
Now, pick up the nitro.
That's it. Easy, now. Easy.
Easy.
No!
(GROWLING)
MAN: Mike's trapped in there!
Somebody get Mike out of there!
Daddy!
No! Don't go in there!
No, we gotta get him out!
Look, we gotta cap it while the gusher's blocked up!
The lever's stuck. Damn! I can't budge it.
We gotta cap it before it blows again!
MAN 2: Crane's out of commission!
We got to go in there and get him!
(SCREAMS)
MAN 2: Mike's a goner unless we get him out!
Mike! Mike!
MAN: We gotta cap it before it blows again!
What's he doing?
If we don't get this thing capped, Mike's as good as dead.
(EXCLAIMS)
(ROARING)
KELLER: Okay, it's capped!
Let's get in there and close it off!
Dad?
Is it out?
Is it capped?
You just stay still.
No, stay still. Yeah, Daddy, it's capped.
Hey, listen,
now that Wildfire's made it,
we should find us some investors,
more drill sites.
Look, Mike, it's true you got some of the best instincts for oil
of any man I've ever known,
but when it comes to business, you're no Rockefeller.
Oh! He's right.
Okay, partner.
Hey, Keller, got your share right here.
There you go.
Thanks, Callahan.
Ray.
Well, that's everybody,
except two.
Adler...
Well, I wouldn't be waiting on him.
He's gonna be spending the next 20 years making license plates.
Who's the other one for?
Linda's friend.
Just picked up his things and split.
I saw him.
You two were still at the hospital.
He said he'd try and get in touch.
Hey, he was just passing through.
(DOOR OPENING)
Linda, this was delivered for you this morning, and I forgot all about it.
Sorry. Thanks, Keller.
What's that?
A bottle of very good red wine.
Well, aren't you gonna tell your old man what it says?
Well, it starts...
"This wine should be saved for New York.
"Maybe we'll drink it together."
Well, when will that be?
Well, as soon as he doesn't need me anymore.
When your leg is better.
And he says he'll get the rest of his money then, too.
Hey!
That's it?
The rest, Daddy, is in French.