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Kidnapped (1938)

Approved | | Adventure, Drama | 27 May 1938 (USA)
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In 1747, young David Balfour's life is threatened by his greedy uncle Ebenezer who wishes to become heir to the considerable Balfour estate.

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(as Alfred Werker), (uncredited)

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(as Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Kidnapped'/The Adventures of David Balfour), (screen play) | 3 more credits »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Alan Breck
... David Balfour
... Jean MacDonald
... Duke of Argyle
... Captain Hoseason
... Gordon
... Neil MacDonald
... Ebenezer Balfour
... James
... Angus Rankeillor
... Riach
... Minister MacDougall
... Dominie Campbell
... Colonel Whitehead
... Ransome
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In the late eighteenth century David Balfour's evil uncle arranges for him to be kidnapped and sent to sea where he meets exiled Breck. The two make their way back to Scotland and justice. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

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Adventure | Drama

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Release Date:

27 May 1938 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour  »

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Budget:

$750,000 (estimated)
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Runtime:

(FMC Library Print)

Sound Mix:

(RCA High Fidelity Recording)

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(Sepiatone)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Mary Gordon (Mrs. MacDonald) would later appear in Kidnapped (1948), another adaptation of the 1886 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. See more »

Goofs

When Freddie Bartholemew is walking to Edinburgh, he passes a road sign showing "Edinboro" which would be an Americanized spelling of the city. See more »

Quotes

Duke of Argyle: Better to deal with one martyr than a nation of martyrs.
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Version of Kidnapped (1917) See more »

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Rule Britannia
(1740) (uncredited)
Music by Thomas Augustine Arne
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A pro-peace film, typical of the Munich spirit in 1938
16 August 2010 | by – See all my reviews

A pro-peace film, typical of the Munich spirit in 1938. The movie, turn in 1938, is as far from Stevenson that Stevenson himself is -intentionally-from Walter Scott "Rob Roy" for instance.The end, with its pro-peace sentence with"love of country"etc.sounds particularly anachronistic. The plot also neglects the tower scene, which is shorted. We think of what Hitchcock could have done. The novel is such a good plot that something of it does remains in the film. But think of adding a romance in "Treasure Island"for instance..! The casting is good, particularly Freddie Bartholomew and of course Warner Baxter, although not Scottish at all. I appreciate also to find in a second-part John Carradine with his long thin face which could be so impressive in western films and also as the abominable Nazi Heydrich in "Hitler's Madman", some five years later, when the Second World War was at its climax.
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