The Iron Orchard is based on a novel. In 1966, Texas born and bred, The Iron Orchard is an adaptation of the 1966 novel by oilman Edmund Van Zandt Jr, who wrote the sprawling tome under the nom de plume Tom Pendleton .This film is important to influence from the early ’30s to 50’s oil industry.
Ty Roberts is directed The Iron Orchard from a script by Gerry De Leon, Duncan Thum carries the musically part of the film. He takes us along on a stream of chains and important chords. The impressive vintage cars and clothes remind how were beautiful old times, combined with a pretty cast make the film endless visual feast.
Lane Garrison, who is an important actor in American film industry performs Jim McNeely, an ambitious, has not enough money. He has a relationship with girl Mazie (Hassie Harrison) who is the daughter of a rich family, but he was rejected because his revenue is not enough to continue a marriage. So he decided to go out to Texas where is the mine of black gold (oil) to be in the future rich in the oil business. Because those days oil industry has a big impact on the American economy. If you found oil, you would probably be rich in people’s perspective.
These reasons carry Jim McNeely to work in an oil company as a pipeliner. Predictably, he has to begin at the bottom working for the heavy, indifferent Bison Oil Company. Committed to a work gang digging and setting up tools in the cruel sun, he was pushed around and picked upon by the sun freckled veterans, and finally took lessons to stand up for himself.
Dent Paxton (Austin Nichols), who is the well-educated supervisor, unexpectedly meet and improve their friendship with Jim. At first, Dent supervises Jim to break it off but sees a headstrong ridge inside of Jim he could not admire. Eventually, the strength of their friendship covers a lot of ground, leading to conflict. Eventually, Jim fell in love with other women, whose name is Lee (Ali Cobrin). After a short time, Jim save up enough money to open his own oil company. He is buying an astonishing house where he lived in his childhood and attending to make a show all the bullies who gave him a hard time in the past.
The great look of the Texas and mention about West Texas Intermediate (WTI) makes film incredible. Also, there are a lot of beneficial scenes that include drilling operations. Touching on uses of the birdcage in oilfield makes this film endemic. To sum up, The Iron Orchard contains a lot of nostalgia about Texas and it is a good one which addresses to the oil industry.