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A flinty old wildcatter who has eked out an existence by discovering oil in the driest patches of Depression-era Texas has a smell for one last big gusher. Along with his pet cat, he sniffs out what he considers a sure thing, only to be subjected to ridicule and rejection from potential partners. Not giving up, he finds a poor family on the edge of a tiny burg named Henrietta and begins, against all advice, to drill for oil on their parched soil.