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Storyline

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

Released

1953-08-05
Revenue

n/a
Budget

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Runtime

1hr 30m
Genre

Adventure
Status

Released
Language

English
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Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Crew

William Keighley

Director

Herb Meadow

Screenplay

Keywords:

scotland pirate 18th century jacobite rebellion highlands

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A Review by FilipeManuelNeto 4

Written by FilipeManuelNeto on 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 Er... read more

**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.

A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 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... read more

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A Review by Filipe Manuel Neto

A Review by FilipeManuelNeto 4

Written by FilipeManuelNeto on 2022-09-05

A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 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, A...