Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
Daniel Plainview
Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
Henry
Fletcher Hamilton
H.W. Plainview
Elizabeth
Mary Sunday
H. B. Ailman
Abel Sunday
Mr. Bandy
Mary Sunday (young)
Prescott
Signal Hill Man
Signal Hill Married Man
Signal Hill Woman
Mr. Bankside
Mrs. Bankside
Al Rose
H.M. Tilford
J.J. Carter
Adult H.W. Plainview
Silver Assay Worker
Silver Assay Worker
Silver Assay Worker
Silver Assay Worker
Baby H.W.
Baby H.W.
Mother Sunday
Ruth Sunday
Gene Blaize
Charlie Wrightsman
Geologist
Ben Blaut
Eli Follower
Eli Follower
Eli Follower
Oil Worker
Oil Worker
Oil Worker
Mrs. Hunter
Little Boston Doctor
William Bandy
L.P. Clair
Bartender
Standard Oil Man
Standard Oil Man
Standard Oil Man
H.W.'s Interpreter
Priest
Plainview Servant
Plainview Servant
Signal Hill Man (uncredited)
Fanny Clark (uncredited)
Elizabeth's Mother (uncredited)
Blacksmith (uncredited)
The Master
Magnolia
No Country for Old Men
Boogie Nights
Phantom Thread
Punch-Drunk Love
Inherent Vice
Children of Men
The Sound of Music
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Road to Perdition
Fargo
The Exterminating Angel
Gangs of New York
Dog Day Afternoon
The Tree of Life
Chinatown
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Last of the Mohicans
In the Name of the Father
Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue$77,208,711
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