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Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson's Great Adventure Story...Now a Monumental Motion Picture!
Scottish orphan David Balfour is betrayed by his wicked uncle Ebeneezer, who arranges for David to be kidnapped and sold into slavery so that he cannot claim his inheritance. The boy is rescued and befriended by Alan Breck, a Scottish rebel fighting on behalf of his country's independence from the British.
- Original title
- Kidnapped
- Language
- EN
- Country
- GB
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CinemaSerf
May 29, 2023 · via TMDB
It is actually a bit of a testament to Michael Caine's charisma, that I didn't give this one star. As a Scot, I ought to have hated it. Oddly enough, though, it's not awful. Sure, his accent is all over the place but somehow the thrust of the story is reasonably handled. It all starts with "David Balfour" (Lawrence Douglas) trekking to his uncle "Ebenezer" (Donald Pleasance) to tell him his father has passed away. The venal old gent has no intention of sharing his meagre fortune and soon "Davie" in underway across the sea under the guidance of "Capt. Hoseason" (Jack Hawkins). That ship hits a smaller one which introduces us to the Jacobite, tartan-clad, Caine ("Alan Breck Stewart") who is on the run from King George's red coats. After literally having to fight their way off the brig they have some adventures, get caught up in an high level assassination and end up with both trying to achieve their objectives against the odds. The production is pleasing to look like, and the score sets up some lovely Scottish location photography. The cast? Well, Hawkins looks like he has had way too much port; Trevor Howard is quite effective as the duplicitous Lord Advocate and the young Douglas does fine as the naive but decent young "Balfour". It is all about Michael Caine, though - and for all it's many flaws, there is no denying that the solid underpinning adventure story serves as a strong enough bedrock for this not to end up the laughable nonsense it could have been. Not a patch on the Disney version from 1959, but I didn't hate it...
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Michael Caine
Alan Breck
Lawrence Douglas
David / David Balfour
Vivien Heilbron
Catriona / Catriona Stewart
Trevor Howard
Lord Advocate
Jack Hawkins
Captain Hoseason
Donald Pleasence
Ebenezer Balfour
Gordon Jackson
Charles Stewart
Freddie Jones
Cluny
Jack Watson
James Stewart
Peter Jeffrey
Riach
Geoffrey Whitehead
Lt. Duncansby
Andrew McCulloch
Andrew
Claire Nielson
Barbara Grant
Russell Waters
Advocates secretary
Jack Lambert
Aged highlander
Delbert Mann
Director
James Franciscus
Producer
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