Fickle Fortune (1930)

An incident in the life of Rob Roy MacGregor

Dramatised film of an incident in the life of Rob Roy MacGregor, set in the Trossachs. Entered in the Scottish Amateur Film Festival 1933. Roy Roy has been outlawed and is in hiding in the Trossachs. His band is suprised by a party of redcoats. Rob Roy escapes and the outlaws get away taking a red coat officer prisoner. The redcoat is freed by one of the clanswomen who is his lover. The outlaws discover her treachery and plan to drown her but Rob Roy arrives and saves her from her fate.

Date of release

1930-12-31

Runtime

15m

Director

J. Martin Mackay Jr.

Casting

• Margaret Peat — Jean Campbell
• John M. White — Captain Cotterill
• A.S. Henderson — Rob Roy
• A.S. Henderson — Helen MacGregor
• Gladys White — Mrs. McAlpine
• A.R.F. McKie — Robert Og MacGregor
• C.W. Stoll — Hamish MacGregor
• Joyce Quaile — Tibbie
• John Meek — Fergus
• John West — Dougall
• Rosemary Peploe — Morag
• Thora Ponsford — Meg

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