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and Harald Leipnitz. It was also known as ''Rampage at Apache Wells''. The screenplay is based on a novel by Karl May and was one of a series of

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of his work made by

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. The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Yugoslavia. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It recorded admissions of 409,817 in France, 1,449,558 in Spain, and over 3 million in Germany.Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France
at Box Office Story

Cast

as Old Surehand *

as Winnetou * Harald Leipnitz as The Oil Prince * Macha Méril as Lizzy * Terence Hill as Richard Forsythe * Walt Barnes as Bill Campbell *

Antje Weisgerber Antje Weisgerber (17 April 1922 – 28 September 2004) was a German film and television actress and the wife of actor Horst Caspar. Selected filmography * '' The White Hell of Pitz Palu'' (1950) * ''Two Times Lotte'' (1950) * ''The Stronger Woma ...

as Mrs. Ebersbach *

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as Cantor Hampel *

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as Old Wabble * Gerd Frickhöffer as Kovacz *

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as Bergmann * Dušan Janićijević as Butler * Slobodan Dimitrijević as Knife *

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as Paddy *

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as Billy Forner

References

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim. ''International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

* 1965 films 1965 Western (genre) films German Western (genre) films West German films Films set in the 19th century Films shot in Croatia Films shot in Yugoslavia Films shot in Bosnia and Herzegovina Winnetou films Films directed by Harald Philipp Films produced by Horst Wendlandt Works about petroleum Constantin Film films Yugoslav Western (genre) films Films shot at Spandau Studios 1960s German films 1960s German-language films Foreign films set in the United States {{1960s-Germany-film-stub