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| Type | Film |
| Directors | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| Genres | Drama |
| Release Date | Dec 26, 2007 |
| Note created | Jan 9, 2026 |
There Will Be Blood (2007)
There will be greed. There will be vengeance. 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.
Runtime: 2h 38m Genres: Drama
Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview
- Paul Dano as Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
- Kevin J. O’Connor as Henry
- Ciarán Hinds as Fletcher Hamilton
- Dillon Freasier as H.W. Plainview
- Hope Elizabeth Reeves as Elizabeth
- Colleen Foy as Mary Sunday
- Barry Del Sherman as H. B. Ailman
- David Willis as Abel Sunday
- Hans Howes as Mr. Bandy
- Sydney McCallister as Mary Sunday (young)
- Paul F. Tompkins as Prescott
- Kevin Breznahan as Signal Hill Man
- Jim Meskimen as Signal Hill Married Man
- Erica Sullivan as Signal Hill Woman
- Randall Carver as Mr. Bankside
- Coco Leigh as Mrs. Bankside
- Jim Downey as Al Rose
- David Warshofsky as H.M. Tilford
- Charles Thomas Doyle as J.J. Carter
- Russell Harvard as Adult H.W. Plainview
- Martin Stringer as Silver Assay Worker
- Matthew Braden Stringer as Silver Assay Worker
- Jacob Stringer as Silver Assay Worker
- Joseph Mussey as Silver Assay Worker
- Harrison Taylor as Baby H.W.
- Stockton Taylor as Baby H.W.
- Christine Olejniczak as Mother Sunday
- Kellie Hill as Ruth Sunday
- Dan Swallow as Gene Blaize
- Robert Arber as Charlie Wrightsman
- Bob Bell as Geologist
- David Williams as Ben Blaut
- Joy Rawls as Eli Follower
- Louise Gregg as Eli Follower
- Amber Roberts as Eli Follower
- John W. Watts as Oil Worker
- Robert Caroline as Oil Worker
- Barry Bruce as Oil Worker
- Irene G. Hunter as Mrs. Hunter
- John Chitwood as Little Boston Doctor
- Colton Woodward as William Bandy
- John Burton as L.P. Clair
- Robert Barge as Bartender
- Ronald Krut as Standard Oil Man
- Huey Rhudy as Standard Oil Man
- Steven Barr as Standard Oil Man
- Robert Hills as H.W.’s Interpreter
- Bob Bock as Priest
- Vince Froio as Plainview Servant
- Phil Shelly as Plainview Servant
- Brad Carr as Signal Hill Man (uncredited)
- Mary Elizabeth Barrett as Fanny Clark (uncredited)
- Beau Smith as Blacksmith (uncredited)