Kidnapped (1978)
- Directed by
- Jean-Pierre Decourt
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 6h 04m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man named David Balfour is cheated out of his inheritance and kidnapped aboard a ship. He escapes with a Highland rebel named Alan Breck and together they travel through the Scottish Highlands seeking justice.
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What happens
Kidnapped, also known as The Adventures of David Balfour, was a 1978 TV miniseries, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped, with some elements taken from his novel Catriona. It was a French - West German co-production. Peter Graham Scott was the producer and scriptwriter. The cast included: David McCallum as Alan Breck Ekkehardt Belle as David Balfour Jutta Speidel as Barbara Grant John Carson as James More James Cosmo as Beggar Bill Simpson as James of the Glens Patrick Magee as Ebenezer Balfour Christopher Biggins as Prince Charlie Aude Landry as Catriona Drummond (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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