The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when their wagon catches fire, they find themselves stranded. They’re taken in by Mrs. Cortlandt and her grandson, Peter, who is trying to set up a pipeline that will supply oil throughout the state. Sally and Peter soon fall in love and marry. Neither their marriage nor Peter’s pipe dreams flow too smoothly.
Alternative titles: High, Wide and Handsome | Schwarzes Gold | La furie de l’or noir | Alegre e Feliz | Flydende guld | Livet i flammer | Kultainen unelma | I dipsa tou mavrou hrysou | Asszony a viharban | Sorgenti d’oro | たくましき男 | Vloeibaar goud | Płynne złoto | A Fúria do Oiro Negro | La furia del oro negro | Svart guld | Kara Altın | Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s High, Wide and Handsome | Crno zlato