Hard Oil!
Hard Oil!
1980, English. Directed by Nicholas Kendall.
How the Canadians Discovered Oil
The story of the early Canadian oil industry from its start in Petrolia and Oil Springs, Ontario, from about 1850 to 1900. Dramatic re-creations blend with archival photographs and diaries to tell the rags-to-riches-to-rags tale of a boom that went bust.
- Runtime
- 0h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 January 1980
- Country
- Canada
- Written by
- John Bemrose
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Hard Oil! runs 29 minutes (0h 29m).
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Hard Oil! isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1980. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Hard Oil!?
If you liked Hard Oil!, try Come See Me in the Good Light, Gilbert, Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin.
Who directed Hard Oil!?
Hard Oil! (1980) was directed by Nicholas Kendall and stars Allan McFee, Max Ferguson.