Rent Kidnapped (1971)
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- Synopsis:
- 1746: as defeated Jacobite rebels flee Government forces in the aftermath of the battle at Culloden, eighteen-year-old orphan David Balfour's attempt to claim his inheritance results in his incarceration on a slaver ship heading for the West Indies. Luckily for David (Lawrence Douglas) the ship's captain runs afoul of Alan Breck (Michael Caine), and both Breck and David make their bloody escape.
- Actors:
- Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Lawrence Douglas, Vivien Heilbron, Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence, Gordon Jackson, Freddie Jones, Jack Watson, Peter Jeffrey, Roger Booth, Geoffrey Whitehead, Andrew McCulloch, Claire Nielson, John Hughes, Terry Richards, Eric Woodburn, David Blagden, Russell Waters, Jack Lambert
- Directors:
- Delbert Mann
- Producers:
- Frederick H. Brogger, James Franciscus
- Writers:
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack Pulman
- Studio:
- Fremantle
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Children & Family, Children's Books On Screen: Best Adventure Films, inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, Introducing the Thesping Olympians, A Brief History of Film..., What We Were Watching in 1971
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 01/02/2021
- Run Time:
- 107 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Production Featurette
- A Tale and a Half: 2020 Vivien Heilbron Interview
- Archive Michael Caine Interviews
- Image Gallery
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Reviews (1) of Kidnapped
Great Historical Adventure Story - Kidnapped review by GI
Everyone has films that they have a soft spot for even though it may not be a film that has much going for it. This is a film I was absolutely riveted by as a young lad and consequently I have a nostalgic fondness for it. And it's not as bad as you'd think. This is a matinée adventure film set in the mid-eighteenth century at the time of the Jacobite rebellion and based on the cracking novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Young David Balfour (Lawrence Douglas) comes into some property currently occupied by his miserly uncle (Donald Pleasance) who promptly arranges for him to be kidnapped and sold into slavery. But fate is on David's side as he finds help in the guise of notorious Scottish rebel Alan Breck (Michael Caine, with an interesting Scots accent) who is on the run from the vengeful English. Beautifully shot and with a great story there's nothing very clever about how this has been put together; indeed in the hands of a more interesting director it could have been really great, but it's still a great little film and one of those that rarely gets seen these days. And what a great cast including Jack Hawkins, Trevor Howard, Gordon Jackson, Freddie Jones and Jack Watson. As an example of a British historical drama this is worth seeking out.