There Will Be Blood

Director

Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast

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  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Daniel Plainview

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  Paul Dano

  Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday

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  Kevin J. O'Connor

  Henry

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  Ciarán Hinds

  Fletcher Hamilton

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  Dillon Freasier

  H.W. Plainview

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  Hope Elizabeth Reeves

  Elizabeth

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  Colleen Foy

  Mary Sunday

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  Barry Del Sherman

  H. B. Ailman

Plot overview

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.