An early production from Billy Graham's World Wide Pictures set in Houston and featuring the stars of World Wide's maiden production, the 'Christian Western' 'Mr. Texas' (1951), Redd Harper & Cindy Walker, reprising their roles as Jim & Kay Tyler, on whose ranch oil is discovered.
Ruthless local oil tycoon Les Manning is so hostile to overt displays of religious fervour that after Jim sings a Christian song at a barbecue held to celebrate the opening of the new well he forbids his daughter Christine from seeing them again. But after she discovers Pappy deep in sin the following night at the roulette table with foxy Melodi Lowell on his arm at a local club she ignores his injunction and promptly moves in with the Tylers, where Kay is soon quoting Romans 10:9 at her.
The past hangs heavy over this narrative. We never learn what caused the death of Christine's mother, although the implication is that she wasted away from grief at Les's ruthlessness and adultery. Fortunately God chooses this moment to direct Manning to KTTV on his TV set just as Billy Graham is about to speak; thus providing posterity with a vivid record in colour of the young Billy in full flight looking directly into the camera, while well and truly putting the fear of God into Manning in the process. Just to make sure Manning gets the message a devastating disaster promptly lays waste to the local community (what exactly happened to cause all that fire and destruction is not made clear), and the film ends with Manning tearfully reconciled with Christine and making his first visit to a church in twenty years.
Ruthless local oil tycoon Les Manning is so hostile to overt displays of religious fervour that after Jim sings a Christian song at a barbecue held to celebrate the opening of the new well he forbids his daughter Christine from seeing them again. But after she discovers Pappy deep in sin the following night at the roulette table with foxy Melodi Lowell on his arm at a local club she ignores his injunction and promptly moves in with the Tylers, where Kay is soon quoting Romans 10:9 at her.
The past hangs heavy over this narrative. We never learn what caused the death of Christine's mother, although the implication is that she wasted away from grief at Les's ruthlessness and adultery. Fortunately God chooses this moment to direct Manning to KTTV on his TV set just as Billy Graham is about to speak; thus providing posterity with a vivid record in colour of the young Billy in full flight looking directly into the camera, while well and truly putting the fear of God into Manning in the process. Just to make sure Manning gets the message a devastating disaster promptly lays waste to the local community (what exactly happened to cause all that fire and destruction is not made clear), and the film ends with Manning tearfully reconciled with Christine and making his first visit to a church in twenty years.