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Drama / Western (1957) 102 minutes ~ Color    Adapted from the novel of the same name by Hammond Innes. 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.    Director: Ralph Thomas    Writers: Hammond Innes (novel adapted for the screen with the co-operation of the author) and Robin Estridge (screenplay)    Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig and Barbara Murray

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00:00♪♪

00:26Dirk Bogard as Bruce Campbell, heir to Campbell's kingdom.

00:31A kingdom that is the gateway to vast power and wealth.

00:35But to him, wealth and power mean nothing because his time is running out.

00:41You expect me to stand by and watch you kill yourself?

00:45It's nothing to do with you. I've told you that before.

00:49I'm alone and I'm staying alone.

00:51These are his friends.

00:53Gene Lucas, whose love is strengthened by a bitter memory.

00:59MacDonald, a roughneck driller who gambles everything he has on Campbell's kingdom.

01:04Blayden, who has two loves, Oil and Gene Lucas.

01:09And the key to both is locked in Campbell's kingdom.

01:13They are just a handful against the hate of a hostile town.

01:17Maybe you'll tell us once and for all, Mr. Campbell.

01:19Do you mean to try for Oil and the kingdom?

01:21The kingdom is my property until it's flooded.

01:23Anything I choose to do up there is entirely my affair.

01:26No, it ain't.

01:26♪♪♪

01:35Maybe I'll show up a few other things that are going on around here,

01:38like that damp cement you're using up at the dam.

01:40Or you could show me a crack in that dam. I want to see it.

01:43It hasn't got millions of tons of water leaking on it, yet.

01:47Nothing has ever stopped Owen Morgan.

01:50Tough and unscrupulous, he is an irresistible force.

01:54Now John Campbell and his kingdom stand immovably across his path.

01:58♪♪♪

02:04The whole thing will go any minute.

02:06Take it down and warn the men.

02:07Not me.

02:09But you've got to go down there.

02:11They haven't got a chance.

02:12♪♪♪

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