Campbell's Kingdom

Rugged Wildcatters...Fighting the Treacherous Might of the Canadian Rockies!

Sinopse

Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In order to clear his grandfather's name and prove there is oil on the land, Campbell must face up to a ruthless contractor and work against the clock to find oil before "Campbell's Kingdom" is flooded by a new power dam.

5.8
1957
Released
1h 42m

Status

Released

Original Language

Keywords

#canada
#based on novel or book
#fraud
#terminal illness
#dying man
#dam
#oil
#inheritance
#flood
#drilling for oil
#survey

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Reviews

@Geronimo1967over 1 year ago

Bruce Campbell" (Dirk Bogarde) inherits his grandfather's land in Canada and is determined to make a go of it. Once he arrives from Scotland, and allied with Barbara Murray and a superb James Robertson Justice, though, he discovers that he faces a few local difficulties. Stanley Baker is prepared to go to any means to drive them from the land so he can build a lucrative hydro-electric dam. This se

@John Chardover 5 years ago

The Other Dam Busters. Campbell's Kingdom is directed by Ralph Thomas and adapted to screenplay by Robin Estridge from the Hammond Innes novel. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig, Barbara Murray, James Robertson Justice, Athene Seyler, Robert Brown, John Laurie and Sid James. Music is by Clifton Parker and cinematography by Ernest Steward. With only six months to live, Bru