The Master of Ballantrae (1953)

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Errol Flynn buckled his last swash in The Master of Ballantrae, playing out the final film of his Warner Brothers contract in this high seas adventure, liberally adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson yarn. Flynn plays Jamie Durrisdeer, a Scottish heir, who fights for freedom against the British. When the rebels are defeated, Jamie must flee to the West Indies with Col. Francis Burke (Roger Livesey), an Irish soldier of fortune, in order to escape capture. After battling pirates, Jamie puts together a small fortune and returns to Scotland to marry his true love, Lady Alison (Beatrice Campbell). But Jamie's hopes are dashed when he finds that Lady Alison, thinking that Jamie was dead, is now engaged to his brother Henry (Anthony Steel), who may have betrayed Jamie to the English.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Classics
Directed By:

William Keighley
Written By:

Harold Medford, Herb Meadow
In Theaters:

Aug 5, 1953 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Jul 1, 2003
Runtime:

89 minutes
Studio:

Warner Bros.

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Cast

Errol Flynn
as Jamie Durie

Anthony Steel
as Henry Durie

Roger Livesey
as Col. Francis Burke

Beatrice Campbell
as Lady Alison

Yvonne Furneaux
as Jessie Brown

Jacques Berthier
as Arnaud

Felix Aylmer
as Lord Durrisdeer

Mervyn Johns
as MacKellar

Charles Goldner
as Mendoza

Ralph Truman
as Maj. Clarendon

Francis De Wolff
as Matthew Bull

Moultrie Kelsall
as MacCauley

Charles Carson
as Col. Banks

Gillian Lynne
as Marianne

Jack Taylor

Stephen Vercoe

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Critic Reviews for The Master of Ballantrae

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Later day Flynn, who has swashed better buckles.

Mar 22, 2008 | Rating: 3/5

Steve Crum

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Audience Reviews for The Master of Ballantrae

As much as I love Flynn and Cardiff, Master of Ballantrae wasn't amazing. Not bad, but it's far from the gloriousness that is The Sea Hawk and Captain Blood.