zharpe Have just caught the end of this film, where the DAM breaks up. For a film made in 1957, this action is top notch and realistic. The stuntmen sure earned their money that day! Can't answer for the rest of the film. Brian. Also saw it on Talking Pictures, a DAMN fine channel for lovers of old films, especially black and white. As I heard someone observe, today's main stream channels do not show B & W films, so the modern generation miss out on the gems of yesterday, of which there are many and various, of all genres. Some of which are underrated. such as Conspiracy of Hearts.

Brucey D Based on a Hammond Innes novel, this 1957 colour production is a good deal better film than its current 6.3 score on IMDB would suggest. The film is beautifully shot (with the Italian Dolomites substituting for Alberta) and mostly ably acted by a good cast. It is that rare thing, an action/adventure film that all the family can enjoy. The plot revolves around a race against time for a dying man (Bogarde) to drill for oil before his grandfather's land is flooded by dam belonging to a mining corporation, with baddie Stanley Baker pulling every dirty trick going to stop him.When I first saw the film, I was, as others have commented, less than convinced by the mixture of accents on offer. But upon reflection, Canada at that time -especially in any boom industry- was full of immigrants from all over the world. I also thought James Robertson Justice's accent was a bit weird, but I've since heard natives from that part of Scotland for real, and it is not so far off as I originally thought.In summary this film is not at all bad, well worth watching.

Leofwine_draca CAMPBELL'S KINGDOM is a solid, mid budget British adventure film and one of the rare big-screen adaptations of a Hammond Innes novel. The underrated Dirk Bogarde plays a young man, dying from a terminal illness, who inherits his grandfather's land in Canada. He arrives only to discover that bad guy Stanley Baker is in the middle of building a dam intending to flood said land, unless Bogarde can prove that there's oil hidden beneath the ground. What follows is a mildly enjoyable little tale, peppered by strong cast members including James Robertson Justice, Robert Brown, Michael Craig, and Sid James. It's not as exciting as something like THE WAGES OF FEAR but it has some good moments here and there and Baker is a fine villain.

dan.adams Well, my old mother in law enjoyed it! I've given it a 5 because of the confusion it created(pour moi).Campbell's Kingdom is up there,in the Rockies.Nearby,a construction gang have built a dam-for hydro-electricity.The plan is to allow water to flow over the dam and into CK.Where they are finding oil. The construction team are into sabotage of the well diggers efforts.I got all that.It was when an inclinator was used to go up to the CK land I got confused.This mountain climbing device took us up into the snowy peaks of the Rockies.Where the prospective oil field was. Where then,was the dam that would flood the oil field?Well,it must have been even higher! It just didn't make sense.Later scenes showed the dam breaking and doing a bit of flooding.It was well and truly above the oil field. A rousing matinée tale but hard to digest geographically.