In Scotland in 1752, seventeen-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his birthright by his evil uncle Ebenezer.
Acting
Dan O'Herlihy's Alan Breck steals every scene with swagger.
Production
Gorgeous Scottish locations that Hollywood rarely bothered to actually film.
Director
William Beaudine
Roddy McDowall
David Balfour
Sue England
Aileen Fairlie
Dan O'Herlihy
Alan Breck
Roland Winters
Capt. Hoseason
Jeff Corey
Shaun
Houseley Stevenson
Ebenezer
Erskine Sanford
Rankeillor
Robert J. Anderson
Ransome - Cabin Boy
Olaf Hytten
The Red Fox
Erville Alderson
Mungo
Jimmie Dodd
Scotsman Sailor (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Scottish Woman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of many Kidnapped adaptations; Disney would later animate it as a live-action hybrid in 1960.
The film sidesteps the novel's real Jacobite politics—1950s Hollywood wasn't about to sympathize with Scottish rebellion against the crown.
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