The Oil Prince

The Oil Prince (German: Der Ölprinz) is a 1965 West German-Yugoslav western film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice and Harald Leipnitz. It was also known as Rampage at Apache Wells.^[1] The screenplay is based on a novel by Karl May and was one of a series of film adaptations of his work made by Rialto Film.

The Oil Prince
Directed by	Harald Philipp
Written by	Fred Denger Harald Philipp
Based on	The Oil Prince by Karl May
Produced by	Erwin Gitt Stipe Gurdulic Horst Wendlandt
Starring	Stewart Granger Pierre Brice Harald Leipnitz Macha Méril
Cinematography	Heinz Hölscher
Music by	Martin Böttcher
Production companies	Rialto Film Jadran Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film Columbia Pictures (UK)
Release date	25 August 1965 (1965-08-25)
Running time	89 minutes
Countries	West Germany Yugoslavia
Language	German

The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Yugoslavia.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Dusan Jericevic.

It recorded admissions of 409,817 in France, 1,449,558 in Spain, and over 3 million in Germany.^[3]

Cast

• Stewart Granger as Old Surehand
• Pierre Brice as Winnetou
• Harald Leipnitz as The Oil Prince
• Macha Méril as Lizzy
• Terence Hill as Richard Forsythe
• Walt Barnes as Bill Campbell
• Antje Weisgerber as Mrs. Ebersbach
• Heinz Erhardt as Cantor Hampel
• Milan Srdoč as Old Wabble
• Gerd Frickhöffer as Kovacz
• Veljko Maričić as Bergmann
• Dušan Janićijević as Butler
• Slobodan Dimitrijević as Knife
• Davor Antolić as Paddy
• Zvonimir Črnko as Billy Forner