Gefährliches Erbe (1957)

Gefährliches Erbe: Directed by Ralph Thomas. With Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig, Barbara Murray. Englishman Bruce Campbell (Dirk Bogarde) takes possession of his grandfather’s Canadian land, but he faces various challenges such as disgruntled locals, a ruthless contractor, a new power dam, and his own bad health.

“It deals with a forthright hero called Bruce Campbell, finely interpreted by Dick Bogarde, arrives in Canada from England to take over a land from an inheritace of his recently deceased grandfather, Campbell. Bruce to be aware that a dam is being constructed and It will flood Campbellu0026#39;s Kingdom. Along the way he faces off the new power dam being quickly built, and the ambitious contractor of the company named Morgan: Stanley Baker, who works for Fergus and other ruthless locals. Then Bruce joins various brave men : Michael Craig, James Robertson Justice, Sidney James , and a woman : Barbara Murray, to carry out their purports. Rugged wildcatters fighting the treacherous mighty Canadian Rockies!. Towering adventure in the sky-high-Rockies!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enA good adventure drama about ambition, selfishness, corruption, solidarity and fight for land. Being adapted from the novel of the same name by Hammond Innes. Well paced drama, in which filmmaker gives the flick plenty of action and urgency. Including gorgeous location is most attractive, with impressive color cinematography about mountains, being set in Calgary, Canada, but actually shot on location in Dolomites mountains, North Italy .However, the only weak point is its screenplay with silly scenes and some lines with no much sense. Once it moves into action, nevertheless, it is a different yarn altogether. Adding breathtaking images of flood, these scenes were subsequently taken for other fims as u0026quot;The Castle of Fumanchuu0026quot; by Jess Frank. This is a creditable UK attempt to make a nimble adventure tale in the best Hollywood tradition. Here a young Dick Bogarde plays compellingly an obstinate man who takes on various challenges, floods and disgruntled villagers.nSupport cast is pretty good, such as Stanley Baker as a mean, nasty contractor who steals the show , Barbara Murray, Michael Craig, Finlay Currie, James Robertson Justice, Sidney James, Miles Malleson, Maurice Kaufmann, among others.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt contains glimmer and shimmer cinematography by Ernest Steward. And thrilling and moviing musical score by Clifton Parker, conducted by usual Muir Matheson. The motion picture was well directed by Ralph Thomas in mid-budget produced by Betty Box. Thomas was a good Brit craftsman who directed in England nice films as Island rescue, Above us the waves, Doctor in house, The wind cannot read, Upstairs and downstairs, Conspiracy of hearts, The high brights sun, Nobody runs forever, Percy, Percyu0026#39;s progress, The love ban, Quest of love and a remake : 39 steps .Rating 6/10 acceptable and passable. Well worth seeing.”