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Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour (Lawrence Douglas) joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart (Michael Caine) in 18th-century Scotland.

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Myles Standish St. Louis Post-Dispatch Oct 25, 2023
This one is first-rate, directed by Delbert Mann as an adventure tale combining both swashbuckling and burning patriotic idealism, filmed against the beauty of the Scottish highlands and with some excellent character portraits. Go to Full Review
Robert Sullivan Los Angeles Free Press Jan 8, 2020
At times the acting is wooden, and the film gets off to a slow start, but once it gets rolling, it is "family entertainment" that is truly entertaining. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Jun 22, 2019
2.5/4
Benefits greatly from stellar performances but struggles with its cumbersome storyline. Go to Full Review
Tony Mastroianni Cleveland Press Nov 19, 2018
Kidnapped has been made with a high degree of professionalism, good taste and literacy. It is intelligent and superior in every way. Even the smallest roles have been well cast with superb actors. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews May 5, 2015
B-
A good taste family drama. Go to Full Review
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Kitty G May 26, 2024 outstanding acting story and filming were beautifully done See more Manuel May 25, 2024 A very imperfect movie, but the subject matter is interesting. At the very least, I hope it makes people read more on the subject. See more nick s @Nick_S Feb 22, 2026 Nicely paced.Great camera work. See more Feb 2, 2016 A young lad teams up with a brash fleeing army rebel and take on a succession of dangerous adventures See more Sep 17, 2013 Heavy Leiden cast of great actors,tell the tale of The English and Scotish,and a young mans belief that an innocent man should not die,so he puts his own life at risk in order to free him, something like that anyway, Any enjoyable film, if you can get past the bad scottish accents See more Jul 24, 2013 As a history lesson about the Jacobite Rebellion this fails, but as a movie for the whole family it's entertaining and a good cast makes it fun to watch.....Michael Caine is Alan Breck, determined that the Stuarts should have retained the throne of England, who befriends young David Balfour (Lawrence Douglas) and sets off on a journey with him to Edinburgh, sharing a variety of adventures along the way.....in a limited role, Donald Pleasance added to the fun of the movie as the curmudgeonly Ebenezer Balfour (David's uncle).....it was all working together quite well, I thought, until the very end of the movie, and I thought too much was left hanging with the way it concluded......so an entertaining but historically inaccurate movie ended with a bit of a letdown..... See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour (Lawrence Douglas) joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart (Michael Caine) in 18th-century Scotland.
Director
Delbert Mann
Producer
Frederick H. Brogger
Screenwriter
Jack Pulman
Production Co
Omnibus Productions
Rating
G
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 22, 1971, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 24, 2016
Runtime
1h 40m
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