In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.
Practical Effects
Real ships, real Highlands, real danger — zero safety regulations.
Acting
Eyebrow acting so intense it transcends the silent era.
Direction
Crosland squeezes epic scope into 64 manic minutes.
Director
Alan Crosland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of five silent adaptations of Stevenson's novel; the 1960 Disney version with Peter Finch is the famous one nobody asked for.
The real Alan Breck Stewart was a suspected murderer; this film sanitizes him into a lovable rogue because 1917 needed heroes, not war crimes.
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