The Kidnappers

The Kidnappers

93 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | Dec. 1, 1953

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.

The Kidnappers

93 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | Dec. 1, 1953

The Kidnappers
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Group Film Productions
Original title The Kidnappers
Directors Stanley Hosgood, Tilly Day, John Wakefield, Philip Leacock, George Pollock
Writers Neil Paterson

Cast

Jean Anderson

as Grandma MacKenzie

Adrienne Corri

as Kirsty

Theodore Bikel

as Dr. Willem Bloem

Duncan Macrae

as Jim MacKenzie

Vincent Winter

as Davy

Jon Whiteley

as Harry

Francis de Wolff

as Jan Hooft Sr.

Christopher Beeny

as Jan Hooft Jr.

James Sutherland

as Arron McNab

John Rae

as Andrew McCleod

Jameson Clark

as Tom Cameron

Eric Woodburn

as Sam Howie

Howard Connell

as Archibald Jenkins

Jack Stewart

as Dominie

Anthony Michael Heathcoat

as Baby Girl (uncredited)