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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Robert Louis Stevenson meets Robert Stevenson,
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This review is from: Kidnapped [DVD] (DVD)
Disney regular Robert Stevenson directed and wrote this version of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Kidnapped' in 1960. It is full of old Scottish character actors, including John Laurie (doing a cross between his old crofter in Hitchcock's '39 Steps' and Private Fraser in 'Dad's Army'), Finlay Currie, Duncan Macrae (who does an excellent job of a really horrible highlander) and Andrew Cruickshank, fresh from Dr. Finlay's Casebook.
Another Disney regular James MacArthur plays David with an appropriate dour sincerity. I was going to complain about his Scottish accent, but it really is no worse than any of the English actors who include Peter Finch in the lead role, Bernard Lee (just prior to playing 'M'), and Peter O'Toole (almost unrecognisable in his debut performance as a bearded and tartaned MacGregor). The production is nicely filmed in Technicolor with some real Scottish scenery, but some of the studio sets and the abysmal ship models in the Pinewood tank let the production down and make you think this was quite a low budget affair. Recommended for its integrity and good honest storytelling.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A GOOD ADVENTURE YARN,
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This review is from: Kidnapped [DVD] (DVD)
This is a good adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, although it might have been better. James MacArthur is well cast as the young David Balfour who, upon the death of his father, makes a journey to the house of his uncle Ebenezer ( played in his own inimitable way by John Laurie ). While there, he finds evidence that his uncle has swindled his father out of his estate and that he, David Balfour, is now the rightful inheritor. His uncle contrives to have him kidnapped and sent into slavery, but a chance meeting with adventurer Alan Breck Stewart ( played by Peter Finch ) brings about his release and a chance to secure his inheritance.
Peter Finch makes a good Alan Breck and he plays the part very well, but I would have liked to see someone a little more dashing like Richard Todd who had already starred in Disney's 'The Story of Robin Hood', 'The Sword And The Rose' and 'Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue' in the early '50s. I guess he had moved on from this sort of role by the time 'Kidnapped' was made.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Kidnapped [DVD] (DVD)
John Lawrie is brilliant as ebeneezer balfour, but credible performances all round, classic boys adventure, ripping yarn.I have three versions of this story and this one is the best
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