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Kidnapped

Kidnapped

20053h 52m

Overview

15-year-old Davie Balfour is poised to receive a vast inheritance when he's lured onto a cargo ship, knocked unconscious, and kidnapped by his malevolent uncle Ebenezer, who devises a scheme to sell him into slavery. But Davie's unforeseen rescue at the hands of a Scottish rogue, Alan Breck, leaves them racing across the Scottish moors, with English bounty hunters in hot pursuit.

Directed by Brendan Maher
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson, Richard Kurti, Bev Doyle
Produced by Diana Kyle
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Top Cast

James Anthony Pearson

James Anthony Pearson

Davie Balfour

Iain Glen

Iain Glen

Alan Breck

Paul McGann

Paul McGann

Colonel MacNab

Adrian Dunbar

Adrian Dunbar

Alexander Balfour/Ebenezer Balfour

Gregor Fisher

Gregor Fisher

James Stewart of the Glens

Emily Barclay

Emily Barclay

Maddy

Gavin Richards

Gavin Richards

Captain Hoseason

K

Kirstin Smith

Catriona

John Bach

John Bach

Cluny

John Leigh

John Leigh

Rankeillor

About Kidnapped

Kidnapped is a action, adventure, drama, history film released in 2005. Directed by Brendan Maher, it stars James Anthony Pearson, Iain Glen, Paul McGann. 15-year-old Davie Balfour is poised to receive a vast inheritance when he's lured onto a cargo ship, knocked unconscious, and kidnapped by his malevolent uncle Ebenezer, who devises a scheme to sell him into slavery. But Davie's unforeseen rescue at the hands of a Scottish rogue, Alan Breck, leaves them racing across the Scottish moors, with English bounty hunters in hot pursuit.

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