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Kidnapped (1938)

Kidnapped poster
Directed by
Alfred L. Werker, Otto Preminger
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Scottish boy is taken from his home and forced aboard a ship. He teams up with a roguish adventurer to escape and find his way back.

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What happens

Kidnapped is a 1938 American adventure film directed by Otto Preminger (who was uncredited) and Alfred L. Werker, starring Warner Baxter and Freddie Bartholomew. It is based on the 1886 novel Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. The copyright to the film was renewed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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