The Kidnappers (1953)

12/01/1953 (GB) • 1h 33m

Drama, Comedy, Family

The frankly sentimental story of love, hate and adventure in a primitive land!

Overview

After losing their father in the Boer War, orphaned brothers Harry and Davy must leave their home in Scotland to live with their grandmother and cantankerous grandfather in Nova Scotia. The boys want nothing more than a pet dog, but their grandfather refuses to get them one. Then, when the brothers find an abandoned baby, they decide to keep it – but the foundling may not have been abandoned after all.

Top Billed Cast

Jean Anderson

Grandma MacKenzie

Theodore Bikel

Dr. Willem Bloem

Duncan Macrae

Jim MacKenzie

Francis de Wolff

Jan Hooft Sr.

Christopher Beeny

Jan Hooft Jr.

James Sutherland

Arron McNab


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

baby

kidnapping

nova scotia, canada

child kidnapping

child protagonist

1900s

grandfather grandson relationship

brothers

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