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| Director: | John Eldridge | 
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| Writer: | Eric Linklater, Alfred Shaughnessy, John Eldridge | 
| Staring: | 
| A starchy parliamentary delegation is sent to a remote Scottish Highlands community, where the residents are protesting the poor condition of their road by withholding their taxes, and spend a few days among the locals. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 01, 1953 | 
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| Director: | John Eldridge | 
| Writer: | Eric Linklater, Alfred Shaughnessy, John Eldridge | 
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance | 
| Keywords | scotland | 
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| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Ronald Squire | General Matheson | 
| Jameson Clark | Roderick McLeod | 
| Raymond Huntley | Samuel Pettigrew, M.P. | 
| Sebastian Shaw | Hugh Marvell, M.P. | 
| Kathleen Ryan | Catriona Matheson | 
| Fulton Mackay | Andrew Flett | 
| Prunella Scales | Morag McLeod | 
| Kynaston Reeves | Rev. Ian Macaulay | 
| Roddy McMillan | Willie John Watt | 
| Keith Faulkner | Peter McLeod | 
| Andrew Keir | McKellaig | 
| Jean Colin | Lucy Pettigrew | 
| Nell Ballantyne | Nurse Connachy | 
| Eric Woodburn | Gambie, poachers' leader | 
| Howard Connell | "Posty" the Postman | 
| Grace Gavin | Mrs. McLeod | 
| Norman MacOwan | Old Villager | 
| Ian MacNaughton | Constable Jock | 
| Tom Baird-Ferguson | Constable Donnell | 
| Meg Buchanan | Mrs. McKellaig | 
| Rikki Fulton | First Poacher | 
| James Gilbert | Second Poacher | 
| James Copeland | Fisherman | 
| Archie Duncan | Police Sergeant | 
| Margaret Boyd | Mrs. Campbell | 
| James Anderson | Senile Crofter | 
| Julian D'Albie | Cabinet Minister | 
| Walter Horsbrugh | Member of Parliament | 
| Tony Kilshawe | Colonial Official | 
| Lionel Harris | Dining-Car Attendant | 
| Name | Job | 
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| Eric Linklater | Novel | 
| Denis Johnson | Assistant Director | 
| Alfred Shaughnessy | Screenplay | 
| Bernard Gribble | Editor | 
| Ray Simm | Art Direction | 
| Ken Hodges | Camera Operator | 
| John Eldridge | Writer, Director | 
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