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Cutlasses and Kilts: ‘The Master of Ballantrae’ (1953)

August 27, 2019 By retromoviebuff Leave a Comment

The Master of Ballantrae

The Jacobite rising of 1745 was a disaster for much of Highland Scotland that led to the weakening of the traditional clan system and the Act of Proscription, which outlawed wearing the kilt, except as a soldier or officer in the British Army. The Master of Ballantrae, loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel of […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Action, Adventure, British Films, Errol Flynn, Jack Cardiff, Robert Louis Stevenson, Roger Livesey, Scotland, Warner Bros., William Keighley

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