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Adventure

The Master of Ballantrae

- The Thundering Crusaders of the White Cockade!

Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie against the British crown.

Release Date : 1953-08-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Errol Flynn

Character Name : Jamie Durie

Original Name : Errol Flynn

Gender : Male

Roger Livesey

Character Name : Col. Francis Burke

Original Name : Roger Livesey

Gender : Male

Anthony Steel

Character Name : Henry Durie

Original Name : Anthony Steel

Gender : Male

Beatrice Campbell

Character Name : Lady Alison

Original Name : Beatrice Campbell

Gender : Female

Yvonne Furneaux

Character Name : Jessie Brown

Original Name : Yvonne Furneaux

Gender : Female

Felix Aylmer

Character Name : Lord Durrisdeer

Original Name : Felix Aylmer

Gender : Male

Mervyn Johns

Character Name : MacKellar

Original Name : Mervyn Johns

Gender : Male

Charles Goldner

Character Name : Capt. Mendoza

Original Name : Charles Goldner

Gender : Male

Ralph Truman

Character Name : Clarendon

Original Name : Ralph Truman

Gender : Male

Francis de Wolff

Character Name : Matthew Bull

Original Name : Francis de Wolff

Gender : Male

Jacques Berthier

Character Name : Capt. Arnaud

Original Name : Jacques Berthier

Gender : Male

Gillian Lynne

Character Name : Marianne (uncredited)

Original Name : Gillian Lynne

Gender : Female

Moultrie Kelsall

Character Name : Capt. McCauley (uncredited)

Original Name : Moultrie Kelsall

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2022-09-05

**A little-known film, but with quality, with Flynn in one of the last good works of his career.** Another swashbuckling film starring Errol Flynn and directly inspired by a literary work by the great Robert Lewis Stevenson. A film similar to others made by the actor throughout a brilliant career, which ended too soon when alcoholism, as we know, led to his death. Far from being one of the actor's most interesting works, this is one of the most beautiful and well-executed films of his later life. I believe that the most avid readers will already know the original book by Stevenson, an author we have all read, at least in adolescence. I speak for myself, Stevenson was one of the writers I most enjoyed reading as a child and teenager, thanks to the colorful descriptions and the lively way he described the adventures of his characters. The film doesn't make use of even half of the original book, but what was used resulted in an effective script that works well, and gives us the adventure and action we hope to find. At the end of the movie, there's a twist that we didn't expect (except for those who read the book) and it gives a nice feeling at the end. Errol Flynn, although the glory days are far away, performs here in good shape and gives the public one of the last quality works. He shows some energy and willingness to shine, and the character allows him to do a little more than we've seen, better, in movies like _Sea Hawk_. However, he is already quite a mature man and those who have read the book, and know the characters, will surely find the actor old for the role. Unlike other works by the actor, this film is very masculine and only Beatrice Campbell deserves real importance in the female cast. The film also has good work by Roger Livesey and also Anthony Steel. Technically, the film does what it can to live up to what the audience wants, and it gives us good cinematography, vividly colored and lit. The camera is quite static, but it does a very interesting job, and the action and fight scenes are particularly enjoyable, however choreographed the fights are. The action stunts work is good, and the sets and costumes are nice and epic in a sense, even if everything is obviously fake. Finally, a note for the soundtrack, which resonates with epic adventure, but isn't really very memorable if you listen to it.

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-14

Errol Flynn leads the way with an excellent Roger Livesey in this rather lively adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's swashbuckling tale of Scotland immediately after the failed Jacobite rebellion, As was common during many civil wars; the landed gentry hedged their bets by having a foot in each camp, In this one Flynn picks the losing side and ends up having to be secreted away, join some pirates and have quite a few adventures before returning back to Durisdeer to reclaim his inheritance and settle some scores with the women in his life. It's an enjoyable, colourful historical adventure. Nothing too taxing.