Campbell's Kingdom( 1957)

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Dirk Bogarde
Bruce Campbell
Barbara Murray
Jean Lucas
Michael Craig
Boyd Bladen
Stanley Baker
Owen Morgan
James Robertson Justice
'Mac' MacDonald
George Murcell
Max, a worker
Robert Brown
Ben Creasy
Mary Merrall
Miss Ruth
Athene Seyler
Miss Abigail
Sid James
Tim, MacDonald's driver-rigger
Roland Brand
Truck Driver who brings Bruce to town
Stanley Maxted
Henry Fergus
Finlay Currie
Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Peter Illing
The Doctor
Nicholas Stuart
Worker Playing Cards
Maurice Kaufmann
Man at Golden Calf
Gordon Tanner
Cliff
John Laurie
Mac
Mark Baker
Worker
Michael Collins
Worker
Bob Head
Worker
Charles Rayford
Worker
Arnold Schulkes
Worker
Jack Sharp
Worker
Miles Malleson
(unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
Richard McNamara
The Stranger

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun Mar 15 2020

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, Bruce Campbell (Bogarde) arrives in the township of Come Lucky in the Rockies to take up his grandfather's inheritance. The inheritance is a valley area known as Campbell's Kingdom, a place where Bruce's ...