The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
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Errol Flynn buckled his last swash in The Master of Ballantrae, playing out the final film of his Warner Brothers contract in this high seas adventure, liberally adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson yarn. Flynn plays Jamie Durrisdeer, a Scottish heir, who fights for freedom against the British.… More Errol Flynn buckled his last swash in The Master of Ballantrae, playing out the final film of his Warner Brothers contract in this high seas adventure, liberally adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson yarn. Flynn plays Jamie Durrisdeer, a Scottish heir, who fights for freedom against the British. When the rebels are defeated, Jamie must flee to the West Indies with Col. Francis Burke (Roger Livesey), an Irish soldier of fortune, in order to escape capture. After battling pirates, Jamie puts together a small fortune and returns to Scotland to marry his true love, Lady Alison (Beatrice Campbell). But Jamie's hopes are dashed when he finds that Lady Alison, thinking that Jamie was dead, is now engaged to his brother Henry (Anthony Steel), who may have betrayed Jamie to the English. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- William Keighley
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 5, 1953 Wide
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Later day Flynn, who has swashed better buckles.
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Cast
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Errol Flynn
as Jamie Durrisdeer
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Roger Livesey
as Col. Francis Burke
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Anthony Steel
as Henry Durrisdeer
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Beatrice Campbell
as Lady Alison
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Yvonne Furneaux
as Jessie Brown
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Felix Aylmer
as Lord Durrisdeer
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Jacques Berthier
as Arnaud
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Mervyn Johns
as MacKellar
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Charles Goldner
as Mendoza
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Ralph Truman
as Maj. Clarendon
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Francis De Wolff
as Matthew Bull
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Gillian Lynne
as Marianne
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Moultrie Kelsall
as MacCauley
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Charles Carson
as Col. Banks
- Jack Taylor
- Stephen Vercoe
