Thunder Bay is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their second non-western collaboration...Following World War II, ex-Navy engineer Steve Martin (James Stewart) and his friend Johnny Gambi (Dan Duryea) come to Louisiana with dreams of wealth. They build an offshore oil drilling platform with the help of a large company, and find themselves in a lucrative business. However, local shrimp fishermen are hostile, feeling their livelihood is at risk. A further complication is the budding romance between Steve and the daughter of one of the shrimpers....The Sub-Plot they dont divulge is this a Kerr McgeeOil Rig .....KerMac, Transworld Drilling... Is the first well in the Gulf of Mexico out of sight of land...Kerr an Oklahoma senator,and D.A. Mcgee a Wildcatter Oilman team up ...My father, My uncle Edward Richard, and Cousin Daniel Richard were all working on this rig..The Platform was built by Brown, and Root..The ship is Surplus WWII Navy Tender..The derrick is a Land rig, built on spot...The Well was In Ship Shoal Area, which is off Bay Junop, Terrebonne Parish,.. And a landmark the shrimpers call the Orange pipeline
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 00:37:56 +0000