The Kidnappers (1953)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.335 |
Directed By
Philip Leacock
Crew
George Pollock
John Wakefield
Stanley Hosgood
Philip Leacock
Neil Paterson
Sergei Nolbandov
Geoffrey Rodway
Edward Carrick
Weston Drury Jr.
Roy Goddard
Leslie Parkyn
Bruce Montgomery
Earl St. John
Pearl Orton
Eric Cross
John Trumper
Gordon K. McCallum
Jack Atcheler
Tilly Day
Sydney Wiles
Muir Mathieson
TOP CAST
Jean Anderson
Grandma MacKenzie
Adrienne Corri
Kirsty
Theodore Bikel
Dr. Willem Bloem
Duncan Macrae
Jim MacKenzie
Vincent Winter
Davy
Jon Whiteley
Harry
Francis de Wolff
Jan Hooft Sr.
Christopher Beeny
Jan Hooft Jr.
James Sutherland
Arron McNab
John Rae
Andrew McCleod
Jameson Clark
Tom Cameron
Eric Woodburn
Sam Howie
Howard Connell
Archibald Jenkins
Jack Stewart
Dominie
Anthony Michael Heathcoat
Baby Girl (uncredited)
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