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The Kidnappers
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The Kidnappers

1953-12-01 · 93 min · ★ 6.7

Drama · Comedy · Family

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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Directors
Philip Leacock
Production companies
Group Film Productions, The Rank Organisation
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jean AndersonJean AndersonGrandma MacKenzie
Adrienne CorriAdrienne CorriKirsty
Theodore BikelTheodore BikelDr. Willem Bloem
Duncan MacraeDuncan MacraeJim MacKenzie
Vincent WinterDavy
Jon WhiteleyJon WhiteleyHarry
Francis de WolffFrancis de WolffJan Hooft Sr.
Christopher BeenyChristopher BeenyJan Hooft Jr.
James SutherlandArron McNab
John RaeAndrew McCleod
Jameson ClarkJameson ClarkTom Cameron
Eric WoodburnSam Howie
Howard ConnellArchibald Jenkins
Jack StewartJack StewartDominie
Anthony Michael HeathcoatBaby Girl (uncredited)

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