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7.4/10   210 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Neil Paterson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
December 1953 (UK) more
Genre:
Tagline:
They'll Steal Their Way Right Into Your Hearts
Plot:
A Scotsman, Jim MacKenzie, living on a primitive homestead in Nova Scotia, is raising his two grandsons... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Reviews:
Adorable Scottish Accents more (14 total)

Cast

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Duncan Macrae ... Jim MacKenzie, Granddaddy
Jean Anderson ... Grandma MacKenzie
Adrienne Corri ... Kirsty

Theodore Bikel ... Dr. Willem Bloem
Jon Whiteley ... Harry, Jim's Grandson
Vincent Winter ... Davy - Jim's Grandson
Francis De Wolff ... Jan Hooft Sr.
James Sutherland ... Arron McNab
John Rae ... Andrew McCleod
Jack Stewart ... Dominie
Jameson Clark ... Tom Cameron
Eric Woodburn ... Sam Howie
Christopher Beeny ... Jan Hooft Jr.
Howard Connell ... Archibald Jenkins
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Little Kidnappers (USA)
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Runtime:
93 min
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Language:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Approved (PCA #17107, General Audience) | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
According to an article in Picture Show magazine dated 20 February 1954, the baby girl was played by Anthony Michael Heathcoat. more
Quotes:
Davy - Jim's Grandson: Are we going to keep it forever?
Harry, Jim's Grandson: I don't know... We'll keep it for a year or two anyways, until it's got a mind of its own - and then, if it wants to hit the trail, there won't be no stopping it.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998) (TV) more

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5 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
Adorable Scottish Accents, 25 March 2006
8/10
Author: loreguy from United States

My siblings and I would always call babies "the bah-bee" because of how the boys pronounced that word with Scottish accents that could charm a stone.

Continuing the tradition, my wife and I have used "the bah-bee", or "the bahby" as our secret name for our daughter (now 15).

I have not seen the movie since I was a child, and it is tragic that I and others cannot see it now, due to the lack of DVD or video availability.

I guess it doesn't have enough explosions in it...and the actors mostly act, rather than fight or have sex.

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This never seems to be on in the U.S. berkenbe
But you can buy it online... warrior-25
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