Overview
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands, evading the redcoats.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on Kidnapped
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Filming locations
Filmed in Pinewood Studios
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Setting
Set in Scotland
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Music
Music by Cedric Thorpe Davie
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Paul Beeson and Alan Hume
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Robert StevensonWriter
- Robert Louis StevensonNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 24, 1960
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Peter FinchAlan Breck Stewart
James MacArthurDavid Balfour
Bernard LeeCaptain Hoseason
John LaurieEbenezer Balfour
Niall MacGinnisMr. Shaun
Finlay CurrieCluny MacPherson
Miles MallesonMr. Rankeillor
Duncan MacraeThe Highlander
Andrew CruickshankColin Campbell
Peter O'TooleRobin MacGregor
Oliver JohnstonMr. Campbell
Edie MartinWoman on the bridge
Jack StewartLandlord
Richard EvansRansome, the cabin boy (uncredited)
Norman MacOwanTinker- Alex MackenzieThe Ferryman
Eileen WayJennet Clouston- Abe BarkerDonald Dhu MacLaren
- John PikeCabin Boy
- Alec PatersonDrunk
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