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18 March 1973 (Sweden) morePlot:
When young David Balfour arrives at his uncle's bleak Scottish house to claim his inheritance his relative... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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'Marty' Director Delbert Mann Dead at 87(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 13 November 2007)
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The Scottish and the "British" moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael Caine | ... | Alan Breck | |
| Lawrence Douglas | ... | David Balfour | |
| Vivien Heilbron | ... | Catriona Stewart | |
| Trevor Howard | ... | Lord Advocate | |
| Jack Hawkins | ... | Captain Hoseason | |
| Donald Pleasence | ... | Ebenezer Balfour | |
| Gordon Jackson | ... | Charles Stewart | |
| Freddie Jones | ... | Cluny | |
| Jack Watson | ... | James Stewart | |
| Peter Jeffrey | ... | Riach | |
| Roger Booth | ... | Duke of Cumberland | |
| Geoffrey Whitehead | ... | Lt. Duncansby | |
| Andrew McCulloch | ... | Andrew | |
| Claire Nielson | ... | Barbara Grant | |
| John Hughes | ... | Simon Campbell |
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May I take this opportunity to correct a misunderstanding that has arisen in connection with "Kidnapped". In doing so I shall not attempt a review of the film itself, other than to note here that it is reasonably well-made and entertaining.
Whatever the rights and wrongs (ethically speaking) of the breakup of the old clan system in the Scottish Highlands, and the claims of the Jacobite Succession, it is just plain wrong (factually speaking) to refer to the English as the "British" by contrast with the Scots. The term British refers to anyone who was a subject of the British Crown, subsequent to the Act of Union of 1707; it can refer indifferently to Scots, Welsh, English and Northern Irish, and historically (prior to Home Rule) to the Irish generally.
There may be some sentimentality on the part of American viewers who, mindful of their own War of Independence, wish to identify with others struggling against "British" rule. But the terms British and English are not, and should not be considered, interchangeable.
(There is great ignorance about this distinction in Continental Europe as well; I have had many animated discussions with German-speakers, who have failed to distinguish between "England" and "Grossbritannien", and with Francophones, who think that the whole of "Grande-Bretagne" is also "Angleterre". This may be politically comforting, but is culturally and historically WRONG!)