Maracaibo

Maracaibo (1958)

A firefighter is sent to Venezuela to battle a blazing oil well but still finds time for romance.

Date of release
1958-05-21
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Drama
Director
Cornel Wilde

Casting

Interesting facts

Maracaibo is a 1958 American drama film directed by Cornel Wilde and written by Ted Sherdeman. The film stars Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Abbe Lane, Francis Lederer, Michael Landon and Joe E. Ross. The film was released on May 21, 1958, by Paramount Pictures.

Production

The film was based on a novel by Stirling Silliphant which he had written in Cuba. Film rights were bought by Universal who intended to turn it into a vehicle for Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman and Ted Sherdeman wrote a script. Cornel Wilde spotted Michael Landon on television and signed him to a three-picture contract. In September 1957 the rights went to Paramount, who gave it to Cornel Wilde's company, Theodora.

Silliphant later called it "a perfectly dreadful, stinking film... with a screenplay that must have been written in the men's room of the Hollywood Knickerbocker."

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