The Kidnappers
The frankly sentimental story of love, hate and adventure in a primitive land!
1953 | 93m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Philip Leacock |
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| Writer: | Neil Paterson |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 01, 1953 |
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| Director: | Philip Leacock |
| Writer: | Neil Paterson |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | baby, kidnapping, nova scotia, canada, child kidnapping, child protagonist, 1900s, grandfather grandson relationship, brothers |
| Production Companies | Group Film Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jean Anderson | Grandma MacKenzie |
| Adrienne Corri | Kirsty |
| Theodore Bikel | Dr. Willem Bloem |
| Duncan Macrae | Jim MacKenzie |
| Vincent Winter | Davy |
| Jon Whiteley | Harry |
| Francis de Wolff | Jan Hooft Sr. |
| Christopher Beeny | Jan Hooft Jr. |
| James Sutherland | Arron McNab |
| John Rae | Andrew McCleod |
| Jameson Clark | Tom Cameron |
| Eric Woodburn | Sam Howie |
| Howard Connell | Archibald Jenkins |
| Jack Stewart | Dominie |
| Anthony Michael Heathcoat | Baby Girl (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Philip Leacock | Director |
| Neil Paterson | Author |
| Weston Drury Jr. | Casting |
| Muir Mathieson | Conductor |
| Eric Cross | Director of Photography |
| Pearl Orton | Hairstylist |
| Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Edward Carrick | Art Direction |
| Geoffrey Rodway | Makeup Artist |
| Roy Goddard | Production Manager |
| Jack Atcheler | Camera Operator |
| Tilly Day | Continuity |
| John Trumper | Editor |
| Sydney Wiles | Sound Recordist |
| Bruce Montgomery | Original Music Composer |
| George Pollock | Assistant Director |
| Stanley Hosgood | Second Second Assistant Director |
| John Wakefield | Third Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sergei Nolbandov | Producer |
| Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
| Leslie Parkyn | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Charlie Chaplin Jr. | Won |
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