Your uncle sells you into slavery. Your only ally? A Scottish rogue with a price on his head.
15-year-old Davie Balfour is poised to receive a vast inheritance when he's lured onto a cargo ship, knocked unconscious, and kidnapped by his malevolent uncle Ebenezer, who devises a scheme to sell him into slavery. But Davie's unforeseen rescue at the hands of a Scottish rogue, Alan Breck, leaves them racing across the Scottish moors, with English bounty hunters in hot pursuit.
Acting
Iain Glen's Alan Breck — swagger, paranoia, and surprising warmth
Cinematography
Scottish moors as actual character: beautiful, brutal, inescapable
Production
Period detail that actually feels lived-in, not museum-piece
Director
Brendan Maher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2005 adaptation was part of BBC's 'Robinson Crusoe and Other Stories' cycle, trying to reclaim pre-Victorian adventure literature as prestige drama rather than boys' own fluff.
Iain Glen insisted on doing his own horse stunts after his double got injured — then immediately fell off. They used the take.
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