The Kidnappers (1953)

Directed by

Philip Leacock

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young boys in 1900s Nova Scotia find a baby and decide to care for it themselves. The story follows their secret adventure and the consequences that unfold.

whimsicalgentleold-fashionedtenderunderstatedheartfeltearnestslow-paced

What happens

The Kidnappers (US: The Little Kidnappers) is a 1953 British film, directed by Philip Leacock and written by Neil Paterson. The movie was financed by the Rank Organisation. According to producer Frank Godwin, J. Arthur Rank, chairman of Rank, "rarely expressed any feelings about individual films, but there was one film that he absolutely loved, The Kidnappers." He said John Davis, managing director of Rank, "would always refer to it as 'your movie, Arthur'." "It was certainly the film I enjoyed the most," said director Leacock. The Little Kidnappers has been called the best movie from Group Film Productions, Rank's main production arm in the 1950s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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