The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
Directed by William Keighley
Genres - Action, Adventure, Drama |
Sub-Genres - Swashbuckler |
Release Date - Aug 5, 1953 (USA - Unknown), Aug 5, 1953 (USA) |
Run Time - 89 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Paul Brenner
Errol Flynn buckled his last swash in The Master of Ballantrae, playing out the final film of his Warner Brothers contract in this high seas adventure, liberally adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson yarn. Flynn plays Jamie Durrisdeer, a Scottish heir, who fights for freedom against the British. When the rebels are defeated, Jamie must flee to the West Indies with Col. Francis Burke (Roger Livesey), an Irish soldier of fortune, in order to escape capture. After battling pirates, Jamie puts together a small fortune and returns to Scotland to marry his true love, Lady Alison (Beatrice Campbell). But Jamie's hopes are dashed when he finds that Lady Alison, thinking that Jamie was dead, is now engaged to his brother Henry (Anthony Steel), who may have betrayed Jamie to the English.
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against-all-odds, aristocracy, bad-guy, brother, family, fortune [wealth], good-guy, heir, king, love, Native-American, pirate [seafarer], rebel, rival, scheme, sibling, soldier, swashbuckler
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