The Kidnappers

The Kidnappers

The frankly sentimental story of love, hate and adventure in a primitive land!

1953•1h 33m•6.4/10

DramaComedyFamily

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(14)

After losing their father in the Boer War, orphaned brothers Harry and Davy must leave their home in Scotland to live with their grandmother and cantankerous grandfather in Nova Scotia. The boys want nothing more than a pet dog, but their grandfather refuses to get them one. Then, when the brothers find an abandoned baby, they decide to keep it – but the foundling may not have been abandoned after all.

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Production

Group Film Productions, The Rank Organisation

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jean Anderson

Jean Anderson

Grandma MacKenzie

Adrienne Corri

Adrienne Corri

Kirsty

Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

Dr. Willem Bloem

Duncan Macrae

Duncan Macrae

Jim MacKenzie

Vincent Winter

Davy

Jon Whiteley

Jon Whiteley

Harry

Francis de Wolff

Francis de Wolff

Jan Hooft Sr.

Christopher Beeny

Christopher Beeny

Jan Hooft Jr.

James Sutherland

Arron McNab

John Rae

Andrew McCleod

Jameson Clark

Jameson Clark

Tom Cameron

Eric Woodburn

Sam Howie

Howard Connell

Archibald Jenkins

Jack Stewart

Jack Stewart

Dominie

Anthony Michael Heathcoat

Baby Girl (uncredited)

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