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The Master of Ballantrae

Adventure yarn. A Scottish aristocrat leaves to make a new life for himself amidst pirates far from home when he believes his brother has betrayed him.

Adventure yarn set in Scotland in the 1740s, based on the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel.

At odds with the English, rebellious nobleman Jamie Durie leaves his brother Henry in charge at Ballantrae, but a falling out between them causes Jamie to make a new life for himself amidst pirates far from home.

1 hour, 25 minutes

Last on

Tue 2 Aug 201612:00

Credits

RoleContributor
James DurieErrol Flynn
Henry DurieAnthony Steel
Colonel Francis BurkeRoger Livesey
Lady AlisonBeatrice Campbell
Jessie BrownYvonne Furneaux
Lord DurrisdeerFelix Aylmer
MacKellarMervyn Johns
MendozaCharles Goldner
Major ClarendonRalph Truman
BullFrancis De Wolff
ArnaudJacques Berthier
MarianneGillian Lynne
DirectorWilliam Keighley
WriterHerb Meadow
WriterHarold Medford

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