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.
Review of Campbell's Kingdom
