Kidnapped (1917)
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.
- Date of release
- 1917-05-07
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Director
- Alan Crosland
Casting
- Raymond McKee — David Balfour
- Joseph Burke — Ebenezer Balfour
- Robert Cain — Alan Breck
- Ray Hallor — Ransome
- William Wadsworth — Angus Ban Keillor
- Walter Craven — Riach
- Franklyn Hanna — Captain Hoseason
- Samuel N. Niblack — Cluny McPherson
- Horace Haine — Colin Campbell
- James Levering — Minister
- John Nicholson — Shuan
Interesting facts
- Based on: Kidnapped
Kidnapped is a 1917 American silent adventure film directed by Alan Crosland for Edison Studios. It was based on the 1886 novel Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film only included selected parts of the story, and reinforced the then-developing romanticisation of the Scottish Highlands.
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