The Little Kidnappers (1990)
Overview
Loosely based on a '50's movie of the same name, it tells the story of two young orphan boys who travel by themselves from the Old country to join their father's family in Canada. There they encounter their stern disciplinarian grandfather who has alienated himself from some of his neighbors. There is particularly no love lost between the grandfather and his Dutch neighbors, who he generalizes as being responsible for his son's death in the Boor War. A side product of this animosity is that it is keeping apart the boy's aunt and her Dutch doctor suitor. The two boys change everything though when they find a young baby on the beach...
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.352 |
Directed By
Donald Shebib
Crew
Donald Shebib
Donald Shebib
Neil Paterson
Philip D. Fehrle
Miklós Lente
Noel Resnick
James Margellos
Ron Wisman
Steve Shewchuk
Bill Brodie
Glenn R. Jones
Mark Snow
Karen Hazzard
Ruth Secord
Ingrid Udine
Gerald Testar
TOP CAST
Charlton Heston
James MacKenzie
Bruce Greenwood
Willem Hooft
Patricia Gage
Mrs. Mackenzie
Dan MacDonald
Tom Cameron
Leah Pinsent
Kirsten MacKenzie
Charles Miller
Davy Mackenzie
Leo Wheatley
Harry MacKenzie
Richard Donat
Hans Hooft
Amos Crawley
Jan Hooft
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