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This period drama is set during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland. A young man David Balfour arrives to claim his inheritance but his wicked uncle attempts to kill him and then unduly ships him off to be sold as a slave. Michael Caine stars as Alan Breck, in a spirited performance, who befriends David and acts as gallant .. Read more

Starring	Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence
Director	Delbert Mann
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance

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- Umpteenth adaptation of Stevenson's adventure, set in the last days of the Jacobite rebellion, and you'd have thought... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16
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  The Cockney Highlander
  
  There have been so many versions of this classic story, including Disney, but despite Caines' very suspect accent, this is pretty good. Unlike other ... read more »
  
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  Those dim remembered hills
  
  Those dim remembered hills
  
  There are several versions of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic, none of them entirely satisfactory. As a London based ... read more »
  
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  Better than Disney
  
  Far better than the cringworthy Disney version. Caine's accent is pretty dodgy but overall not too bad.
  
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  The Cockney Highlander
  
  There have been so many versions of this classic story, including Disney, but despite Caines' very suspect accent, this is pretty good. Unlike other ... read more »
  
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  The Cockney Highlander
  
  There have been so many versions of this classic story, including Disney, but despite Caines' very suspect accent, this is pretty good. Unlike other ... read more »
  
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  Better than Disney
  
  Far better than the cringworthy Disney version. Caine's accent is pretty dodgy but overall not too bad.
  
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  Those dim remembered hills
  
  Those dim remembered hills
  
  There are several versions of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic, none of them entirely satisfactory. As a London based ... read more »
  
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- Umpteenth adaptation of Stevenson's adventure, set in the last days of the Jacobite rebellion, and you'd have thought... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16

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  This period drama is set during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland. A young man David Balfour arrives to claim his inheritance but his wicked uncle attempts to kill him and then unduly ships him off to be sold as a slave. Michael Caine stars as Alan Breck, in a spirited performance, who befriends ...