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Campbell's Kingdom (1957)

Campbell's Kingdom poster
Directed by
Ralph Thomas
Genre
adventure film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man inherits a piece of land in the Canadian Rockies. He fights to prove there is oil on his property against those who doubt him.

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What happens

Campbell's Kingdom is a 1957 British adventure film directed by Ralph Thomas, based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Hammond Innes. The film stars Dirk Bogarde and Stanley Baker, with Michael Craig, Barbara Murray, James Robertson Justice and Sid James in support. The story is set in Alberta, Canada, and largely follows the principles of the Northwestern genre of film-making. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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