Huntingtower (1927)

Middle-aged Glasgow grocer Dickson McCunn ventures into the Scottish countryside in search of adventure, and finds a Russian princess imprisoned in a castle. Aided by a gang of Gorbals Die-Hards and a young Englishman, he rescues her from her captors and proves a hero, in spite of his qualms.

Date of release
1927-12-01
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Adventure
Director
George Pearson

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Huntingtower

Huntingtower is a 1928 British silent adventure film, made at Cricklewood Studios. It was directed by George Pearson and starred Harry Lauder, Vera Voronina and Patrick Aherne. It was based on the 1922 novel Huntingtower by John Buchan. The film was fairly successful on its release.

Production

The castle scenes were shot at Bamburgh Castle.

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