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Feature film — 1953

The Kidnappers (1953)

6.71h 33mDrama — Comedy — Family

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.

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A high-signal pick with 15 votes.

Group Film Productions / The Rank Organisation

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Director: Philip Leacock

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Cast & crew

Jean Anderson as Grandma MacKenzie

Jean Anderson

Grandma MacKenzie

Adrienne Corri as Kirsty

Adrienne Corri

Kirsty

Theodore Bikel as Dr. Willem Bloem

Theodore Bikel

Dr. Willem Bloem

Duncan Macrae as Jim MacKenzie

Duncan Macrae

Jim MacKenzie

V

Vincent Winter

Davy

Jon Whiteley as Harry

Jon Whiteley

Harry

Francis de Wolff as Jan Hooft Sr.

Francis de Wolff

Jan Hooft Sr.

Christopher Beeny as Jan Hooft Jr.

Christopher Beeny

Jan Hooft Jr.

J

James Sutherland

Arron McNab

J

John Rae

Andrew McCleod

Jameson Clark as Tom Cameron

Jameson Clark

Tom Cameron

E

Eric Woodburn

Sam Howie

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