Adventure starring Michael Caine and Trevor Howard. After the massacre of the Jacobite rebel clans at Culloden, Alan Breck is on the run from the Redcoats. When he kills his arch rival, an innocent man is arrested and Breck has to choose between Scotland's cause or saving the man's life.
Robert Louis Stevenson's oft-filmed tale was first made as a silent movie in 1917 and has been regularly remade since. This version by director Delbert Mann is the one that is most faithful to the book and it benefits from the witty performance of Michael Caine as charismatic outlaw Alan Breck, who stirs some otherwise rather stiff porridge into life. There are also strong turns from Trevor Howard as the Lord Advocate and Lawrence Douglas as the young David Balfour that keep the narrative moving along.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Alan Breck | Michael Caine |
| Lord Grant | Trevor Howard |
| Captain Hoseason | Jack Hawkins |
| Ebenezer Balfour | Donald Pleasence |
| Charles Stewart | Gordon Jackson |
| Catriona | Vivien Heilbron |
| David Balfour | Lawrence Douglas |
| Cluny | Freddie Jones |
| Mungo Campbell | Terry Richards |
| Andrew | Andrew McCulloch |
| Doctor | Eric Woodburn |
| Duke of Cumberland | Roger Booth |
| Lord Advocate's secretary | Russell Waters |
| Simon Campbell | John Hughes |
| Barbara Grant | Claire Nielson |
| Lt Duncansby | Geoffrey Whitehead |
| Riach | Peter Jeffrey |
| James Stewart | Jack Watson |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Delbert Mann |
