The Master of Ballantrae (1984) (TV)

Regisseur:

Douglas Hickox

Drehbuchautoren:

William Bast (writer)
Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)

Premierendatum:

31. Januar 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Abenteuer

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Sword Fight | Scotland | Colonial America | 18th Century | Based On Novel

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys.

Nutzerkommentare:

Embarrassingly bad in every way

Besetzung

Michael York	...	James Durrie
Richard Thomas	...	Henry Durrie
John Gielgud	...	Lord Durrisdeer
Timothy Dalton	...	Col. Francis Burke
Ian Richardson	...	Mr. MacKellar
Finola Hughes	...	Alison Graeme
Nickolas Grace	...	Dass
Brian Blessed	...	Captain Teach
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Ed Bishop	...	Pinkerton
Nick Brimble	...	Chew
Brian Coburn	...	John Mountain
Pavel Douglas	...	Bonnie Prince Charlie
Richard Driscoll	...	McGregor (as Steven Craine)
Donald Eccles	...	John Paul
John Hallam	...	Captain Harris
Don Henderson	...	Hicks
Kim Hicks	...	Jessie
Robert James	...	Macconochie
Leonard Maguire	...	The Sin Eater (as Leonard McGuire)
Andrew Panton	...	Sandie
Steve Wilsher	...	Clansman

Länge:

150 Min

Produktionsland:

UK | USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.33 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Drehorte:

England, UK

Firma:

Columbia Pictures Television

Embarrassingly bad in every way

This version of the film, which gets about everything from the novel wrong in spite of a competent cast and some good location shots, is one that all of its participants -- all who are still living, that is -- seem never to mention. Michael York in particular goes through the whole thing with an ironic smugness that suggests no one was really taking Stevenson seriously. That's a pity, because it could have been a good old-fashioned action flick in the manner of its predecessors, but with an added cachet of great color and wide Scottish vistas. Truly a disappointment.