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Release Date:
December 1953 (UK) moreTagline:
They'll Steal Their Way Right Into Your HeartsPlot:
A Scotsman, Jim MacKenzie, living on a primitive homestead in Noca Scotia, is raising his two grandsons... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 3 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Two small orphaned children in Nova Scotia find a baby and keep it as a pet. moreCast
(Credited cast) | 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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93 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Fun Stuff
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According to an article in Picture Show magazine dated 20 February 1954, the baby girl was played by Anthony Michael Heathcoat. moreQuotes:
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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Another of the older generation chiming in! I saw this on its first release and have never forgotten it. I can still recite whole sections: "Granddaddy, granddaddy, don't eat the babby!" or the two little boys deciding what to call the baby girl: "We'll call it Edward, after the king"; "I still think Rover's a very nice name." And the scene as the Scottish girl washes her hair by the fire under the loving eye of the Dutchman, Theodore Bikel.
The black and white photography is magical. The view of the tall grandfather striding along with his flying beard, seen from the level of the littlest boy, is still tattooed behind my eyes!
Definitely a must-see.
I pair it with another long-time favorite, the South African "Pennywhistle Blues," as a cherished treasure.