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The Master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae is a 1953 British Technicolor adventure film starring Errol Flynn and Roger Livesey. It is a loose and highly truncated adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson 1889 novel of the same name. In eighteenth century Scotland, two sons of a laird clash over the family estate and a lady. It was the last film directed by William Keighley.
Plot
At the Durrisdeer estate in Scotland in 1745, Jamie Durie (Errol Flynn), his younger brother Henry (Anthony Steel) and their father Lord Durrisdeer (Felix Aylmer) receive news of the Jacobite rising. Their retainer, MacKellar (Mervyn Johns), recommends that one brother join the uprising while the other remains loyal to King George II, so that whichever side wins, the family's status and estate will be preserved. Both brothers want to go. Jamie insists on tossing a coin for the privilege and wins, despite the opposition of his fiancée, Lady Alison (Beatrice Campbell).
More details
| author | Herb Meadow |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Scotland |
| director | William Keighley |
| editor | Jack Harris |
| genre | adventure historical |
| keywords | battle of culloden betray british officer british soldier capture condemn crush family estate galleon gambling debts george ii of great britain irish irish people jacobite rising jacobite rising of 1745 king george ii kiss pirate sword duel uprise west west indies wound |
| musicBy | William Alwyn |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | Palermo |
| theme | swashbuckler |