Gefährliches Erbe

VCI Entertainment and The Rank Collection presents "CAMPBELL'S KINGDOM" (1957) (102 min/Color) -- Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig, Barbara Murray, James Robertson Justice, Athene Seyler, Robert Brown, John Laurie, Sid James, Mary Merrall, George Murcell, Stanley Maxted, Gordon Tanner

Directed by: Ralph Thomas

VCI has restored and brought from their vaults another great film from the British Invasion.

A strong British cast assembled for filming abroad. Bruce Campbell (Dirk Bogarde) inherits "Campbell's Kingdom" in the Canadian Rockies on the death of his grandfather. He has been diagnosed with an unspecified terminal illness and decides to see if he can find the oil that his grandfather believed was present on his land, and to clear his family name; his grandfather had wrongly been found guilty of fraud when his oil exploration company went broke. Owen Morgan (Stanley Baker) is the boss of a company that is constructing a dam that when complete will flood the "Kingdom". It's a race against time to prove that the oil is there before the dam is completed.

All the supporting cast give their best and Dirk Bogarde of course is excellent! --- it has some familiar faces in it. Sid James of course was in Hell Drivers playing a truck driver,with Stanley Baker,who was the hero but, in this one he is the baddie, as he was in Checkpoint which also starred James Robertson Justice who was in the Doctor films with Dirk Bogarde.

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SPECIAL BONUS FEATURES:
1. Original Trailer

BIOS:
1. Ralph Thomas (Director)
Date of Birth: 10 August 1915 - Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Date of Death: 17 March 2001 - London, England, UK

2. Dirk Bogarde [aka: Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde]
Date of Birth: 28 March 1921 - Hampstead, London, England, UK
Date of Death: 8 May 1999 - Chelsea, London, England, UK

3. Stanley Baker [aka: William Stanley Baker]
Date of Birth: 28 February 1928 - Ferndale, Rhondda Valley, Wales, UK
Date of Death: 28 June 1976 - Màlaga, Andalusia, Spain

4. Michael Craig [aka: Michael Francis Gregson]
Date of Birth: 27 January 1928 - Poona, Maharashtra, India

5. James Robertson Justice [aka: James Norval Harald Justice]
Date of Birth: 15 June 1907 - Lewisham, London, England, UK
Date of Death: 2 July 1975 - Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK

6. Barbara Murray
Date of Birth: 27 September 1929 - London, England, UK

Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 4 Stars
Performance: 5 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 4 Stars
Overall: 4 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]

Total Time: 102 min on DVD ~ VCI Entertainment #8742 ~ (August 16, 2011)