Rampage at Apache Wells (1965)

Original title

Der Ölprinz

Directed by

Harald Philipp

Genre

Western film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of settlers and Native Americans clash over oil discoveries on tribal land. A white chief and his companions get caught between the conflict and try to prevent a bloody war.

adventurouslightheartedfast-pacedclassicaction-packedromanticizednostalgicentertaining

What happens

The Oil Prince (German: Der Ölprinz) is a 1965 West German-Yugoslav western film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice and Harald Leipnitz. It was also known as Rampage at Apache Wells. The screenplay is based on a novel by Karl May and was one of a series of film adaptations of his work made by Rialto Film. The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Yugoslavia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dusan Jericevic. It recorded admissions of 409,817 in France, 1,449,558 in Spain, and over 3 million in Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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